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defalcate

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  1. 1. v. t. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use Source: ecdict

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