Dictionary Entry
defalcate
defalcate is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
- 2intransitive verb
To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
- 3verb
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"
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