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MALVERSATE Synonyms

There are 19 synonyms of the word malversate. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word malversate. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for MALVERSATE

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embezzle
verbv
verb

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

misappropriate
verbv
verb

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

appropriate
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

adjective satellite

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

verb

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

cheat
verb, nounv, n
noun

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

verb

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

defraud
verbv
verb

• deprive of by deceit

fiddle
verb, nounv, n
noun

• bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

verb

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• commit fraud and steal from one's employer

• play the violin or fiddle

• play on a violin

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

• try to fix or mend

loot
verb, nounv, n
noun

• goods or money obtained illegally

• informal terms for money

verb

• take illegally; of intellectual property

• steal goods; take as spoils

manipulate
verbv
verb

• influence or control shrewdly or deviously

• hold something in one's hands and move it

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• manipulate in a fraudulent manner

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

mismanage
verbv
verb

• manage badly or incompetently

pilfer
verbv
verb

• make off with belongings of others

plunder
verbv
noun

• goods or money obtained illegally

verb

• take illegally; of intellectual property

• plunder (a town) after capture

• steal goods; take as spoils

• destroy and strip of its possession

pocket
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

• an enclosed space

• a supply of money

• (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a small isolated group of people

• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

verb

• put in one's pocket

• take unlawfully

rob
verbv
verb

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

skim
verbv
noun

• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

• reading or glancing through quickly

adjective satellite

• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

verb

• travel on the surface of water

• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

• examine hastily

• cause to skip over a surface

• coat (a liquid) with a layer

• remove from the surface

• read superficially

steal
verbv
noun

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

verb

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

swindle
verbv
noun

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

verb

• deprive of by deceit

thieve
verbv
verb

• take by theft

defalcate
verbv
verb

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

peculate
verbv
verb

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

Best Hypernyms For MALVERSATE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for malversate, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
rip steal

Alternatives for EMBEZZLE

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