Synonyms of the word

peculation

• n. (law, chiefly historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually…

defalcation

• n. (law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the…
• n. embezzlement.

embezzlement

• n. (law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

larceny

• n. (law) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
• n. (law) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.

misapplication

• n. The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.

misappropriation

• n. The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.

stealing

• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal.
• n. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
• v. present participle of steal.

theft

• n. The act of stealing property.

thievery

• n. The act of theft, the act of stealing.
• n. (obsolete) That which is stolen.

thieving

• v. present participle of thieve.
• adj. That thieves; that steals.
• n. The action of theft.