1. (

• embezzle ,
• defalcate ,
• peculate ,
• misappropriate ,
• malversate

) 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" ;

1. (

• embezzled ,
• misappropriated

) taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds" ;