embezzling
Pilfering company funds
Embezzling is the act of stealing money or property entrusted to your care, typically from an employer or organization.
The crime involves breach of trust rather than breaking and entering—an accountant embezzling company funds, a treasurer embezzling from a charity: She was caught embezzling from the nonprofit where she'd worked for years.
Wrongful taking of entrusted assets
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- white-collarOffice work designation
- swindlingFraudulent taking of money
Passing lightly over
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- diversionRedirection of attention
- pilferageMinor theft of goods
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
filching · purloining · fiddling · misapplication · kickbacks · overbilling
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- malfeasanceUnlawful act by officeholder
racketeering · extortion · patronage · venality · self-dealing
Deliberate alteration of truth
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- doctoringAltering deceptively
Financial steward of organization
- accountantFinancial records keeper
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
fiduciary · custodian · controller · bursar · insider · clerk · Enron
misappropriation
Wrongful taking of entrusted assets
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- white-collarOffice work designation
skimming
Passing lightly over
pilfering · filching · purloining · fiddling · misapplication · kickbacks · overbilling
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
malfeasance · racketeering · extortion · patronage · venality · self-dealing
falsification
Deliberate alteration of truth
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
treasurer
Financial steward of organization
- accountantFinancial records keeper
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
trustee · fiduciary · custodian · controller · bursar · insider · clerk · Enron
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- workplace crimeswage theft, payroll fraud, insider trading, kickbacks, pilfering
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk
- misusingabusing, mishandling, misapplying, misappropriating, misallocating
embezzlingreimbursing
Paying back expenses
returning · repaying · restoring · paying back · compensating
embezzlingsafeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
stewarding · fiduciary responsibility · protecting · fiduciary duty · auditing
embezzlingprotecting
Keeping from harm
preserving · guarding · securing · conserving · entrusting
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