defalcate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
defalcate
v.
embezzle, steal money
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.
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
defalcare
v.
deduct, defalcate
defalcar
v.
embezzle, illegally appropriate money entrusted to one's care, defraud
