Definition for Embezzle:

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

Synonyms for Embezzle:

• n.

  •
  • run away with,
  • help yourself to something.

• v.

  •appropriate (verb)
  • confiscate,
  • secure,
  • clap,
  • liberate,
  • pocket,
  • grab,
  • usurp,
  • annex,
  • hijack,
  • lift,
  • borrow,
  • swipe,
  • cop.
  •defraud (verb)
  • outwit,
  • delude,
  • stick*,
  • circumvent,
  • deceive,
  • take*,
  • burn,
  • con,
  • fleece,
  • DO,
  • foil,
  • trick,
  • rip off,
  • flimflam,
  • clip,
  • beguile,
  • victimize,
  • shuck,
  • swindle,
  • take in*,
  • shaft*,
  • bamboozle,
  • hoax,
  • cozen,
  • dupe,
  • milk.
  •filch (verb)
  • sneak,
  • crib*,
  • scrounge,
  • snitch,
  • lift*,
  • take,
  • hustle*.
  •misapply (verb)
  • misemployed,
  • mis-applies,
  • mis employ,
  • misemploying,
  • mis employing,
  • mis employed,
  • mis applied,
  • mis-employing,
  • mis apply,
  • mis-employ,
  • mis-employed,
  • mis applying,
  • mis-applied,
  • mis-apply,
  • mis-applying,
  • mis employs,
  • mis-employs,
  • mis applies,
  • misemploys.
  •misappropriate (verb)
  • abuse,
  • plunder,
  • misspend.
  •purloin (verb)
  • heist,
  • shoplift,
  • burglarize,
  • poach.
  •rob (verb)
  • sack,
  • bereave,
  • strip,
  • dispossess,
  • raid,
  • oust,
  • requisition,
  • strong-arm,
  • abscond,
  • lose,
  • ransack,
  • disinherit,
  • withhold,
  • divest,
  • promote,
  • rifle,
  • hold up,
  • relieve,
  • mug,
  • roll*,
  • hustle.
  •snitch (verb)
  • pickpocket.
  •steal (verb)
  • spirit away,
  • abstract,
  • stickup,
  • extort,
  • pilfer,
  • nip,
  • rustle,
  • withdraw,
  • abduct,
  • kidnap,
  • pirate,
  • blackmail,
  • hold for ransom,
  • haul,
  • palm,
  • shanghai,
  • holdup,
  • plagiarize,
  • loot,
  • take possession of,
  • housebreak.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • snatch.
  •misapply
  • Misapplied,
  • Misemploy.
  •misappropriate
  • Defalcated,
  • defalcates,
  • Defalcating.
  •misuse
  • misapply.
  •purloin
  • heisted,
  • making off with,
  • heisting.
  •steal
  • housebroken,
  • held for ransom,
  • housebreaking,
  • Pirated,
  • housebroke,
  • Pirating,
  • housebreaks.
  •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.