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Answer for the clue "Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use ", 9 letters:
embezzler

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Word definitions for embezzler in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, agent noun from embezzle .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use [syn: defalcator , peculator ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embezzler \Em*bez"zler\, n. One who embezzles.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. one who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles

Usage examples of embezzler.

Revenue onto others, and seen five embezzlers go to prison, and the spite in some of those eyes had been like acid.

Pregnant former sex symbol and suspected embezzler celebrate their alternative lifestyle.