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embezzle

/ embezzle /

verb

verb Sense 1

appropriate (as property entrusted to one''s care) fraudulently to one''s own use

"The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

Type of:

steal

Kinds of:

fiddle

Derived:

malversation embezzlement peculation defalcation misapplication

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE

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steal fiddle