malversate
Found in thesaurus: steal
malversate
Verb
1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
(synonym) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate
(hypernym) steal
(hyponym) fiddle
(derivation) malversation
malversar
(v.) = embezzle ; misappropriate.
Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
malversar
v.
embezzle, peculate; misuse
malversare
v.
embezzle, illegally appropriate money entrusted to one's care, defraud
malversare
embezzler