embezzles
Pilfers entrusted funds
Embezzles is the act of stealing money or property entrusted to one's care, typically from an employer or organization.
The crime involves a breach of trust—a bookkeeper who embezzles isn't robbing strangers but siphoning funds they were authorized to handle: She embezzles small amounts each month, hoping no one will notice.
Wrongly uses another's assets
- skimsPasses lightly over
- siphonsMoves fluid via suction
- divertsTurns aside from course
- falsifiesAlters to deceive
launders · defrauds · pilfers · pockets · appropriates · filches · steals · purloins
Passing lightly over
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
- falsifyingMaking intentionally untrue
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
doctoring · manipulating · cooking · inflating · deflating
Pursuing legal charges
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- convictionFirmly held belief
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
disgrace · termination · audit · investigation · whistleblower · exposure · scandal · bankruptcy
Breach of allegiance
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
duplicity · exploitation · white-collar · malfeasance · misconduct · unscrupulous · underhanded · venality
misappropriates
Wrongly uses another's assets
falsifies · launders · defrauds · pilfers · pockets · appropriates · filches · steals · purloins · plunders
skimming
Passing lightly over
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
- falsifyingMaking intentionally untrue
forging · doctoring · manipulating · cooking · inflating · deflating
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- convictionFirmly held belief
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
imprisonment · disgrace · termination · audit · investigation · whistleblower · exposure · scandal · bankruptcy · seizure
disloyalty
Breach of allegiance
deception · duplicity · exploitation · white-collar · malfeasance · misconduct · unscrupulous · underhanded · venality
embezzlesreimburses
Pays back expenses
returns · restores · repays · pays back · compensates
- embezzled fundsMoney illegally taken internally
- corporate embezzlementMisappropriating company funds
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