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embezzle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of embezzle

to steal money that you have been trusted with

He was caught embezzling money from his clients.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of embezzle

misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate

appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

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