embezzle
Pilfer company funds
To embezzle is to steal money or property entrusted to your care, typically from an employer or organization.
Unlike robbery, embezzlement involves betraying a position of trust—a treasurer who siphons funds, an accountant who diverts payments.
She embezzled half a million dollars over five years before anyone noticed.
Steal entrusted funds
pilferage · steal · pocket · abscond · thievery · misapplication · skimming · appropriation
Wrongly take another's assets
forge · cook the books · launder · funnel · creative accounting · offshore accounts · shell companies · wire transfer
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- malfeasanceUnlawful act by officeholder
cronyism · influence peddling · racketeering · extortion · abuse of power · payola · under-the-table · profiteering
Criminal deceiver for gain
- treasurerFinancial steward of organization
- accountantFinancial records keeper
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
fiduciary · trustee · executor · custodian · Bernie Madoff · insider · co-conspirator · accomplice
Intentional criminal trickery
- white-collar crimeBusiness fraud offenses
- securities fraudIllegal financial market deception
- ponzi schemeSwindle paying old with new
- insider tradingIllegal securities transactions using nonpublic information
tax evasion · money laundering · wire fraud · bank fraud · accounting fraud · financial crime · corporate fraud
peculate
Steal entrusted funds
larceny · pilferage · steal · pocket · abscond · thievery · misapplication · skimming · appropriation · swindling
misappropriate
Wrongly take another's assets
falsify · forge · cook the books · launder · funnel · creative accounting · offshore accounts · shell companies · wire transfer · slush fund
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
malfeasance · cronyism · influence peddling · racketeering · extortion · abuse of power · payola · under-the-table · profiteering · scandal
fraudster
Criminal deceiver for gain
- treasurerFinancial steward of organization
- accountantFinancial records keeper
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
CFO · fiduciary · trustee · executor · custodian · Bernie Madoff · insider · co-conspirator · accomplice · auditor
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- white-collar crimeBusiness fraud offenses
- securities fraudIllegal financial market deception
- ponzi schemeSwindle paying old with new
insider trading · tax evasion · money laundering · wire fraud · bank fraud · accounting fraud · financial crime · corporate fraud
- embezzled fundsMoney illegally taken internally
- corporate embezzlementMisappropriating company funds
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