defalcate meaning

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defalcate (verb): appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.

Definition of defalcate

  1. 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

    Synonyms: embezzle, peculate, misappropriate, malversate

    Type of: steal

    Kinds: fiddle

    Related forms: defalcation, defalcator

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in TE · 9-letter words

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