- embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate - 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"
--1 is one way to steal
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun peculation1, noun peculator1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody