Synonyms: embezzlement, peculation, misapplication, misappropriation, defalcation
Definition: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Similar words: theft, thievery, thieving, stealing, larceny
Definition: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Usage: the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
Synonyms: defalcation
Definition: the sum of money that is misappropriated
Similar words: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
Definition: a quantity of money
Usage: he borrowed a large sum; the amount he had in cash was insufficient