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defalcate
Found in thesaurus: steal
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defalcate
v.
embezzle, steal money
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Defalcation
A defalcation is an amount of funds misappropriated by a person trusted with its charge; also, the act of misappropriation, or an instance thereof. The term is more specifically used by the United States Bankruptcy Code to describe a category of bad acts that taint a particular debt such that it cannot be discharged in bankruptcy.
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defalcate
Verb
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"
(synonym) embezzle, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
(hypernym) steal
(hyponym) fiddle
(derivation) embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
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defalcare
v.
deduct, defalcate
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defalcar
v.
embezzle, illegally appropriate money entrusted to one's care, defraud
