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defalcation

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11 lettersPronunciation [ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən]Part of speech nounSorted aacdefilnotStarts with DEnds with N0 clues
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  1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

Word origin

Late 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), nominalization of dēfalcō, from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”).

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