embezzle

Day 17Level 2

em-BEZ-uhl

steal money

to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal money from employer

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

misappropriate, forge, abstract

Antonyms:

pay, return

Example Sentence:

A US based retailer group has sacked its CEO for embezzling $10 billion.

Related Words

renunciation

ab-di-KEY-shuhn

renunciation

capable of walking

AM-byuh-luh-tohr-ee

of, pertaining to, or capable of walking; not stationary

to imaginary person

uh-POS-truh-fee

a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters, the possessive case, the plural; address to an absent or imaginary person

omen

AW-guh-ree

prediction of events; omen

unadorned

aw-STEER

severe in manner ; unadorned, simple

geniality

bah-nuh-MEE

good natured manner; geniality