embezzle

embezzle is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust. Face value is 30 in Scrabble and 33 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 30 · Words With Friends 33 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
2. transitive verb. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
3. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate

Synonyms

defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate

Common word forms

embezzled, embezzler, embezzles, embezzling, embezzlement

Words from these letters

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