defalcate

• Verbe vieilli signifiant détourner ou dilapider des fonds, en particulier de l'argent public ; commettre un détournement de fonds.

An obsolete verb meaning to misuse or embezzle funds, especially public money; to commit defalcation.

1. Embezzle or misappropriate fundsC2formallegal

   To fraudulently take or use money or property that has been entrusted to one's care, typically by an official or employee.

   Détourner des fonds

   • The treasurer was found to have defalcated thousands of dollars from the charity.
   • He was arrested for defalcating funds from his employer's accounts.
   • The accountant defalcated company money to pay for personal expenses.

   Synonymesappropriateembezzlefilchmisappropriatepeculatepurloinsteal