| Embezzlement (n.) The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. Thesaurus Entries abstraction, abuse, abuse of office, annexation, appropriation, befoulment, boosting, conversion, conveyance, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, filching, fouling, fraud, graft, larceny, liberation, lifting, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, misusing, peculation, perversion, pilferage, pilfering, pinching, poaching, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution, purloining, scrounging, shoplifting, snatching, sneak thievery, snitching, stealage, stealing, swindle, swiping, theft, thievery, thieving, violation |