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1. Taken for your own use in violation of a trust
   "the banker absconded with embezzled funds"
   - misappropriated

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"
   - defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate

See also: embezzlement, embezzler, illegal

Type of: steal

Encyclopedia: Embezzle