defalcate

Verb
  1. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use (synset 202297496)
    "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
    is a type of: rip, rip off, steal - take without the owner's consent
    subtypes: fiddle - commit fraud and steal from one's employer
    same as: embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate

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