embezzlement
noun
[ ɛmˈbɛzlm(ə)nt ]
• theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
• "charges of fraud and embezzlement"
Similar:
misappropriation,
theft,
stealing,
robbing,
robbery,
thieving,
pilfering,
pilferage,
appropriation,
abstraction,
swindling,
white-collar crime,
fraud,
larceny,
misuse of funds,
ripping off,
filching,
swiping,
lifting,
skimming,
snaffling,
monkey business,
pinching,
nicking,
half-inching,
whipping,
nobbling,
peculation,
defalcation,
purloining,
