(v) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use, Syn.peculate, misappropriate, defalcate, malversate, Example: The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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 ]
{ } a. [ L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe. ] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. [ 1913 Webster ]
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