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)
  • cozen,
  • shuck,
  • delude,
  • outwit,
  • foil,
  • rip off,
  • DO,
  • flimflam,
  • trick,
  • dupe,
  • circumvent,
  • swindle,
  • burn,
  • beguile,
  • bamboozle,
  • fleece,
  • con,
  • clip,
  • milk,
  • deceive,
  • hoax,
  • victimize.
  •filch (verb)
  • sneak,
  • take,
  • scrounge,
  • snitch.
  •purloin (verb)
  • cheat,
  • make off with,
  • burglarize,
  • heist,
  • shoplift,
  • pillage,
  • poach.
  •rob (verb)
  • divest,
  • relieve,
  • hustle,
  • ransack,
  • pinch,
  • strip,
  • strong-arm,
  • oust,
  • rifle,
  • lose,
  • disinherit,
  • requisition,
  • despoil,
  • bereave,
  • abscond,
  • mug,
  • withhold,
  • dispossess,
  • raid,
  • hold up,
  • promote,
  • sack.
  •snitch (verb)
  • keep,
  • remove,
  • pickpocket.
  •steal (verb)
  • haul,
  • pirate,
  • stickup,
  • holdup,
  • loot,
  • plunder,
  • take possession of,
  • rustle,
  • extort,
  • abduct,
  • blackmail,
  • plagiarize,
  • spirit away,
  • hold for ransom,
  • pilfer,
  • shanghai,
  • housebreak,
  • kidnap,
  • withdraw,
  • nip,
  • palm,
  • divert,
  • abstract.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • snatch.
  •purloin
  • heisted,
  • making off with,
  • heisting.
  •steal
  • housebreaking,
  • Pirated,
  • housebroke,
  • Pirating,
  • purloin,
  • housebroken,
  • held for ransom,
  • housebreaks.

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.