Synonyms for embezzlement
Most common
stealing misappropriation misapplication peculation thievery
All synonyms
Noun
1. Misappropriation — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. Such conversion from public property
misappropriation, stealing, misapplication, peculation, defalcation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. Such conversion from public property.
Related words
- Word family
- embezzle
- Is a kind of
- corruption venality
Forms
- Plural
- embezzlements → misappropriations, stealings, misapplications, peculations…
Example sentences
- stealing I caught Tom stealing some money out of my wallet.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| embezzlement | steady | |
| stealing | rising | |
| misappropriation | rising | |
| misapplication | falling | |
| peculation | falling | |
| thievery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- stealing2, thievery3
- 10 letters
- peculation
- 11 letters
- defalcation
- 14 letters
- misapplication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stealing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- malversation
- Italiano
- malversazione
- Deutsch
- Veruntreuung
- Català
- malversació