peculate
I
verb
appropriate criminally, appropriate dishonestly, appropriate illegally, appropriate wrongfully, bilk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, divert, embezzle, misappropriate, mulct, obtain money on false pretenses, obtain under false pretenses, pilfer, purloin, rob, steal, swindle
II
index
bilk, cheat, convert (misappropriate), defalcate, defraud, impropriate, loot, mulct (defraud), poach, purloin, rob, steal
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006