intransitive verb. To misuse funds; embezzle.

Curtailed.

To cut off; take away or deduct a part of; curtail: used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

To be guilty of defalcation; default in one's accounts.

transitive verb. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

intransitive verb. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.

verb. To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.

verb. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

"Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_ arid _ar'id_ asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_ bade _bad_ catch not _ketch_ defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_ dilletante _dilletan'te_ forbade _forbad_ granary _granary_ program _pro'gram_, not _grum_ rapine _rap'in_ rational _rational_ sacrament _sacrament_"

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falcate  

defalcated  defalcating  defalcation  

steal  

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embezzle  

defalcated  defalcates  defalcating