defalcate是什么意思？

defalcate

英[di:'fælˌkeɪt] 美[dɪˈfælˌket, -ˈfɔl-, ˈdɛfəl-]

• vi. 盗用公款，挪用公款，贪污；

例句

• Lately, some large brand real estate agency corporations defalcate clients funds and break out fund sandal. 近来, 大型品牌房地产中介公司频频挪用客户资金,爆发“资金门”丑闻,引发了房地产中介行业的信任危机.
• He has defalcate with $50000 of the firm's money. 他盗用了公司5万美金的公款。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;
  "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"