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defalcation

noun

The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

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Word length
11
Starts with
D
Ends with
N
Contains
EF
Scrabble score
17

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noun

  1. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

noun

  1. The sum of money that is misappropriated

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