defalcate

vi. 盗用公款, 侵吞公款 [经] 侵吞, 盗用, 贪污

发音

UK /ˈdɛfəɫkeɪt/
其它

词形变化

defalcated defalcates 三单 defalcates defalcating defalcating 现在分词 defalcated 过去式 defalcated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To cut off (a part of something).

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To deduct or take away (a part of income, money, rents, etc.).

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

embezzle misappropriate peculate

上位词 3

steal rip rip off

下位词 1

fiddle

词源

First attested in the 1530s, in the sense “to lop off”; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfalcātus, perfect passive participle of dēfalcō (“to cut or lop off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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