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malversate
Found in thesaurus: steal
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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
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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.
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.
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malversar
v.
embezzle, peculate; misuse
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malversare
v.
embezzle, illegally appropriate money entrusted to one's care, defraud
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malversare
embezzler
