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or property entrusted to one's care, ( ); She pleaded guilty to a charge
of tax collectors embezzlement, a violation under the state taxation code;
• (defalcation)- misappropriation of money or funds held by an official,
trustee, or other fiduciary, ( - , - ); At the time
this was done, Tobias Watkins was in prison in Washington for a
defalcation of only a few hundreds to the Government. — The Memories of
Fifty Years;
• (peculation)- to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or
property entrusted to one's care); embezzle, ( ); He
practiced every dirty act of peculation, and even stooped to connections
with the sutlers to defraud the public. — Life and Times of Washington;
• (misappropriation)- to apply wrongfully or dishonestly, as funds entrusted
to one's care, ( , ); The Colonel found this a
hideous misappropriation of precious manpower but he seemed to have no
choice in the matter. — The Ninja;
pillage = plunder = maraud = ravage = harry = loot = despoil = ransack : foray
= raid = maraud : predation = depredation
• (pillage)- to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in
war; plunder, ( ); Houses were attacked and pillaged, and men
murdered in cold blood. — A Brief History of the United States;
• (plunder)- to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile
raids, brigandage, etc., (( ) / );
They were eager for plunder, and seized the captain to plunder him of his
clothes. — Forty Years in South China;
• (maraud)- to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for
booty, ( ); The authorities were
anxious to stifle the notion of rebellion, and to treat the whole movement as
a marauding affair. — The Philippine Islands;
• (ravage)- to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages, ( /
, ); Provinces were ravaged, and towns and castles were
stormed. — Richard II Makers of History;
• to pillage; sack, ( , );
• (harry)- to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated
attacks; worry, ( , , ); It was a real
treat for the harried President to escape from the politicians and have a
quiet talk with a private soldier. — The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln;
• (despoil)- to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder;