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Defalcate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To misuse funds; embezzle.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

verb-intransitive. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cut off; take away or deduct a part of; curtail: used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

To be guilty of defalcation; default in one's accounts.

Curtailed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

Word Usage

"Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_ arid _ar'id_ asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_ bade _bad_ catch not _ketch_ defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_ dilletante _dilletan'te_ forbade _forbad_ granary _granary_ program _pro'gram_, not _grum_ rapine _rap'in_ rational _rational_ sacrament _sacrament_"

Verb Form

defalcated defalcates defalcating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

steal

Cross Reference

lop

Hyponym

fiddle

Form

defalcated defalcating defalcation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

embezzle