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defalcate
[dih-fal-keyt, -fawl-] 
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embezzle
[em-bez-uhl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal money, often from employer |
| Synonyms: | abstract, appropriate, defalcate, filch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand in cookie jar, put hand in till, skim, thieve |
| Antonyms: | compensate, give, pay, reimburse, return |
| Main Entry: | misappropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly; steal |
| Synonyms: | abuse, appropriate, defalcate, embezzle, misapply, misspend, misuse, peculate, plunder, pocket, rob, swindle |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, use wisely |
| Main Entry: | rob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, deprive |
| Synonyms: | abscond, appropriate, bereave, break into, burglarize, burgle, cheat, con, cop, defalcate, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, do out of, embezzle, filch, heist, hijack, hold up, hustle, liberate, lift*, loot, lose, mug, oust, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, promote, purloin, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, roll*, sack, scrounge, snitch, stick up, strip, strong-arm, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withhold |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misapply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misuse |
| Synonyms: | defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, misemploy, pervert, steal |
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