Embezzlement
Embezzlement noun - The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
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Steal and embezzlement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Steal" instead a noun "Embezzlement".
Steal
Steal noun - Something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price.
Embezzlement and steal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Embezzlement" instead a noun "Steal".
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- Bernie, who is visiting in order to steal an item given to Dashiell Hammett by Raymond Chandler, eventually figures out that the victims were killed because the murderer thought they had found out about his plan to frame his wife for his embezzlement, murder her and abscond with the money.
Source: Literature / Bernie Rhodenbarr
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