(v) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use, Syn. peculate, misappropriate, defalcate, malversate, Example:The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
[わたくしする, watakushisuru] (vs-s, vt) (1) to use (public property) as if it belonged to oneself; to misappropriate; to appropriate; to embezzle; (2) (arch) to act selfishly