defalcate
defalcate · defalcates · defalcated · defalcating
расхищать, растрачивать
To misappropriate fundsTo misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
расхища́тьrasxiščátʹ, растра́чиватьrastráčivatʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To cut off (a part of something).
(obsolete, transitive)To deduct or take away (a part of income, money, rents, etc.).
More definitions
- appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to misappropriate funds — see also embezzle:
Origin
First attested in the 1530s, in the sense “to lop off”; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfalFirst 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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Forms
defalcates, defalcating, defalcated, defalcated| Base form | defalcate · to defalcate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | defalcates |
| Present participle | defalcating |
| Past simple | defalcated |
| Past participle | defalcated |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use:embezzlepeculatemisappropriatemalversate
Word family
5 related wordsDerivedundefalcated
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle