DEFALCATE
\dɪfˈalke͡ɪt], \dɪfˈalkeɪt], \d_ɪ_f_ˈa_l_k_eɪ_t]\
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; - used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
By Oddity Software
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To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; - used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Defalcator.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).