(a) a mistake, an error; (b) misappropriation.

The action of embezzling: †(a) in senses of embezzle, v. 1–3 (obsolete); (b) (the modern sense) fraudulent appropriation of entrusted property.

Corrupt behaviour in a commission, office, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this.

False or treacherous conduct; treachery, fraud. Obsolete.

The action of misapplying something, esp. money; an instance of this.

= peculation, n.

The appropriation of money or property held in trust for another by a servant, employee, or official; esp. the embezzlement of public funds belonging…

= abstraction, n. 2b. Now rare.

(a) The action of plundering; pillage, spoliation. (b) Maritime Law. The pilfering of goods from a ship's cargo; (concrete) goods obtained by such…

Embezzlement: cf. intervert, v. 1b.

Fraudulent transfer of property, swindling.

Appropriation of (something) for a wrong use; spec. the action or an instance of taking (funds, etc.) fraudulently or unfairly.

The action of taking something away unlawfully or dishonestly; stealing, theft; embezzlement. Also: an instance of this.

A monetary deficiency through breach of trust by one who has the management or charge of funds; a fraudulent deficiency in money matters; also con…

The action of misappropriating something; embezzlement.

slang teeming and lading the falsifying of accounts by making up embezzled cash with funds received at a later date.

Bribery and corruption in public life; misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds; = boodleism n. at boodle, n.1 derivatives.

Fraudulent activity; esp. misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds. Also: an instance of this; a swindle, a scam.

Bribery and corruption in public life; misappropriation or embezzlement of funds. Also as a modifier.

colloquial. Stealing, misappropriation; an instance of this. Cf. liberate, v. 2b.