Definition for Embezzle:

• To appropriate fraudulently what is entrusted to one's care; to waste or dissipate.

Synonyms for Embezzle:

• n.

  •
  • run away with.

• v.

  •appropriate (verb)
  • borrow,
  • swipe,
  • annex,
  • grab,
  • snatch,
  • hijack,
  • pocket,
  • liberate,
  • cop,
  • lift.
  •defraud (verb)
  • bamboozle,
  • fleece,
  • rip off,
  • swindle,
  • dupe,
  • deceive,
  • con,
  • trick.
  •filch (verb)
  • sneak,
  • take,
  • scrounge,
  • snitch.
  •misappropriate (verb)
  • abuse,
  • plunder.
  •purloin (verb)
  • heist,
  • shoplift,
  • burglarize,
  • poach.
  •rob (verb)
  • mug.
  •steal (verb)
  • haul,
  • shanghai,
  • rustle,
  • palm,
  • blackmail,
  • pirate,
  • extort,
  • stickup,
  • nip,
  • holdup,
  • loot,
  • plagiarize,
  • abstract,
  • pilfer.

• Other synonyms:

  •misapply
  • Misemploy.
  •misuse
  • misapply.
  •Other relevant words:
  • desecrate,
  • debase,
  • gyp,
  • mismanage,
  • keep,
  • purloin,
  • convert,
  • make away with,
  • maladminister,
  • cower,
  • pigeon,
  • hook,
  • crook,
  • snare,
  • nick,
  • skim,
  • dislocate,
  • splay,
  • get away with,
  • pollute,
  • despoil,
  • pervert,
  • snaffle,
  • divert,
  • carry away,
  • skin,
  • hoist,
  • befoul,
  • extract,
  • annexe,
  • slink,
  • And,
  • expropriate,
  • profane,
  • rip,
  • nobble,
  • bilk,
  • err,
  • foul,
  • mulct,
  • boost,
  • mishandle,
  • thieve,
  • Embezzling,
  • misuse,
  • cheat,
  • put hand in cookie jar,
  • arrogate,
  • cringe,
  • make off with,
  • crib,
  • rook,
  • bag,
  • violate,
  • avert,
  • turn away,
  • forge,
  • defile,
  • pluck,
  • walk away with,
  • prostitute,
  • pillage,
  • help oneself to,
  • put hand in till,
  • creep,
  • prig,
  • remove,
  • grovel,
  • pinch,
  • sponge,
  • walk off.

Paraphrases for Embezzle:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    divert.

Antonyms for Embezzle:

• v.

  • appropriate
    bequeath, bestow.
  • defraud
    help, support, contribute, repay.
  • embezzle
    give, compensate, return, pay, reimburse.
  • misappropriate
    appropriate, use wisely.
  • rob
    offer.
  • steal
    receive.

Homophones for Embezzle:

• enviously.