及物动词

1. 盗用;挪用;侵吞
If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes.

1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

e.g. The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family

Synonym: embezzledefalcatepeculatemalversate