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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;
- Example: "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
[syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Defalcate \De*fal"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. [1913 Webster] To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [the estimates]. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Defalcate \De*fal"cate\, v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. "Some partner defalcating, or the like." --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

defalcate v 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" [syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]