1 to swallow

2 to engulf

3 to gobble up

1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)

2 to embezzle

1 to annex

2 to swallow (up)

3 to embezzle

1 to swallow

2 to take

1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

2 to speak and break off, then start again

3 to hold sth back

1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

2 to speak and break off, then start again

3 to hold sth back

1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke

1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)

2 (fig.) to accept without thinking

3 to lap up

1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence

2 to swallow one's anger

3 to grin and bear it