| Main Entry: | appropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing |
Synonyms: |
confiscation, embezzlement, expropriation, grab, misappropriation, pilfering, seizure, takeover, taking, usurpation |
Antonyms: |
bestowal, giving, return |
| Main Entry: | embezzlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing money, often from employer |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving |
Antonyms: |
compensation, pay, reimbursement, return |
| Main Entry: | larceny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
Synonyms: |
burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch* |
| Main Entry: | misapplication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
Synonyms: |
corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misappropriation, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | misappropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
Synonyms: |
corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | mishandling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
Synonyms: |
corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, ill-treatment, injustice, maltreatment, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misdeed, mismanage, mistreatment, misusage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | pilferage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | larceny |
Synonyms: |
burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving, touch* |