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

1. transitive verb. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
2. intransitive verb. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
3. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate

Synonyms

embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate

Common word forms

defalcated, defalcates, defalcating

Words from these letters

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