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Defalcation

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Defalcate

To cut off to take away or deduct a part of used chiefly of money accounts rents income etc

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Defalcator

A defaulter or embezzler

defalcate

defalcate -cat·ed -cat·ing : to commit defalcation compare embezzle de·fal·ca·tor [-kā-tər] n

nondischargeable debt

Some debts, such as debts for money or property obtained by false pretenses and debts for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity may be declared nondischargeable only if a creditor timely files and prevails

embezzle

Old French, to destroy] : to convert (property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use compare defalcate em·bez·zle·ment n em·bez·zler n

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