defalcate
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defalcated, past participle; defalcates, 3rd person singular present; defalcating, present participle; defalcated, past tense;
/diˈfalkāt/,/-ˈfôl-/,
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defalcated, past participle; defalcates, 3rd person singular present; defalcating, present participle; defalcated, past tense;
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Embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted)
- - the officials were charged with defalcating government money
Web Definitions:
- embezzle: 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"
- To misappropriate funds; to embezzle
- deduct; curtail; to engage in embezzlement, e.g. as a trustee (see also peculate)