[每日] defalcate (v) 盜用公款

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Word of the Day (Tuesday February 3, 2009) defalcate \di-FAL-keyt\, verb: Pronunciation: http://ppt.cc/67pk to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care The stockbroker defalcated millions from investment clients. c 1540, from Latin defalcere, from de- + falx/falcem "sickle, scythe" -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.175.59

02/06 12:55, , 1F
= embezzle = peculate
02/06 12:55, 1F
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