Answer: peculate

AnswerCrossword Clue
PECULATESteal.
PECULATEEmbezzle.
PECULATEEmbezzle
peculateto steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle
peculateto embezzle (to appropriate money fraudulently for one's own use)