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peculate collapse

misappropriate collapse

mismanage collapse: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

embezzle collapse: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

misapply collapse: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

mishandle collapse

maltreat collapse

mistreat collapse: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

envenom collapse

bespatter collapse

play havoc with collapse

deprave collapse

sully collapse: French statesman (1560-1641); United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

mess up collapse

jinx collapse: foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"

aggrieve collapse: infringe on the rights of

wreak havoc collapse

scathe collapse

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

impair collapse: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

divert collapse: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one; withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

mire collapse: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"; soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"; cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"

bewitch collapse

persecute collapse: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

pollute collapse: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

crucify collapse: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

hex collapse: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"; cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

disadvantage collapse: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position; put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"

molest collapse: harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

malign collapse: evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"

profane collapse: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

threaten collapse: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"; to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"

afflict collapse: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed; cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"; cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

injure collapse: cause injuries or bodily harm to

tarnish collapse: discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation; make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

menace collapse: a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"; something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"; act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"; express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"

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