defalcate

🇬🇧 UK/di'fælkeit/🇺🇸 US

GRE

Definitions

v.

To misappropriate or embezzle funds entrusted to one's care.

盗用公款，侵吞公款

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived

dedown, away, reversal

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falcroot

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ateto make, having

=defalcate

Example Sentences

1.
The accountant was arrested for attempting to defalcate company funds over years.

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