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defalcate

 
Dictionary: de·fal·cate   (dĭ-făl'kāt', -fôl'-, dĕf'əl-) pronunciation
intr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
To misuse funds; embezzle.

[Medieval Latin dēfalcāre, dēfalcāt-, to mow, deduct : Latin dē-, de- + Latin falx, falc-, sickle.]

defalcation de'fal·ca'tion ('făl-kā'shən, -fôl-, dĕf'əl-) n.
defalcator de·fal'ca'tor n.

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deduct; curtail; to engage in embezzlement, e.g. as a trustee  (see also peculate)
WordNet: defalcate
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
  Synonyms: embezzle, peculate, misappropriate, malversate


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - misbruge betroede midler, begå underslæb, bedrage

Nederlands (Dutch)
verduistering plegen

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Jur) détourner des fonds

Deutsch (German)
v. - veruntreuen, unterschlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταχρώμαι, υπεξαιρώ

Italiano (Italian)
defalcare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desfalcar

Русский (Russian)
присваивать, растрачивать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - desfalcar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förskingra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
盗用公款, 贪污, 挪用公款

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 盜用公款, 貪污, 挪用公款

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 위탁금을 횡령하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 委託金を使い込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يختلس مالا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מעל‬


 
 
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