embezzlement

Synonyms for embezzlement

noun stealing money, often from employer

noun. stealing

noun. stealing

noun. theft

noun. stealing

1540s, from embezzle + -ment.

"But you have an easy time: you didn't mind Brown's embezzlement," said Harry.

I admit I'm wanted in New York on a trumped-up charge of embezzlement.

The world judged me guilty of embezzlement, but before God I am innocent!

Her husband, a Victorian official, was serving five years for embezzlement.

He may have been a clerk and been condemned for forgery or embezzlement.

Asconius assigns this to the accusation of embezzlement in Africa.

The most flagrant is the embezzlement of money entrusted to their care.

The letter says that my father was sentenced to the penitentiary, charged with embezzlement.

Embezzlement, forgery, crooked stock dealing—it's all stealing.

"Embezzlement is rife in the kitchen in despite all I can do," he said.