Word Study
malversate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb malversate has 1 sense
- malversate(v = verb.possession) defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" is one way to steal
Derived form noun malversation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
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