Money
Synonyms for embezzle
The synonym for embezzle recorded in this bank is misappropriate, in the sense "to steal money placed in one's care or control, usually from an employer". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for embezzle
- misappropriateverb, in the sense "to steal money placed in one's care or control, usually from an employer"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and embezzle carries one sense so far.
to steal money placed in one's care or control, usually from an employer
Auditors discovered that the accountant had used a shell company to embezzle funds from the charity's account.
The true synonym
misappropriate
Same sentence, swapped: Auditors discovered that the accountant had used a shell company to misappropriate funds from the charity's account.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for embezzle in the sentence quoted.
- launder
- forge
- smuggle
Where embezzle turns up in the game
embezzle is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play embezzle
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so embezzle reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from money at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. embezzle carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.