noun

theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one’s trust or belonging to one’s employer.

charges of fraud and embezzlement

misappropriation,theft,stealing,robbing,robbery,thieving,pilfering,pilferage,appropriation,abstraction,swindling,white-collar crime,fraud,larceny,misuse of funds,ripping off,filching,swiping,lifting,skimming,snaffling,monkey business,pinching,nicking,half-inching,whipping,nobbling,peculation,defalcation,purloining