Synonyms for embezzlement
em·bez·zle·ment

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1. embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriationnoun

   the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

   Synonyms:
   misappropriation, misapplication, defalcation, peculation

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1. embezzlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   peculation

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1. embezzlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   peculation, defalcation

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1. List of paraphrases for "embezzlement":

   misappropriation, malfeasance, subtraction, diversion, graft, pilferage, misuse, misdirection, corruption, malpractice

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How to use embezzlement in a sentence?

1. Attorney Matthew Schneider:

   The union has had a problem with fraud, embezzlement and corruption, there are a few bad apples and those people have been convicted.

2. Finley Peter Dunne:

   A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

3. Mark Karpeles:

   I am happy to be judged not guilty for embezzlement and breach of trust, i will discuss with my lawyers and decide how to proceed on the remaining charge.

4. Puran Malka:

   CEO means Chief Embezzlement Officer or Cheap Employment Officer

5. Vladimir Osechkin:

   The formal basis for conducting these searches is the accusation of the embezzlement of funds earmarked for subversive activities in Ukraine, the real reason is unreliable, incomplete and partially false information about the political situation in Ukraine.