defalcate

Verb (intransitive)

de=fal=cate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

defalcate(v = verb.possession) embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate - 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"

is one way to steal

Derived forms noun defalcation₂, noun defalcator₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

defalcate, v.intr. formal misappropriate property in one's charge, esp. money.

Derivative

defalcator n.

Etymology

med.L defalcare lop (as DE-, L falx -cis sickle)

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