Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun embezzlement

1 sense of embezzlement

Sense 1
embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation -- (the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else)
       => larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing -- (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International")