defalcate
英 ['di?f?lke?t]
美[d?'f?lket]
- vi. 盗用公款，挪用公款；贪污
GRE
助记提示
Defalcate：defalc提防，ate吃。提防有人偷偷挪用（吃）----盗用公款。
英文词源
- defalcate
- defalcate: [15] Defalcate comes from medieval Latin dēfalcāre ‘cut off’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and falx ‘sickle’ (source of French faux ‘scythe’). At first it meant simply ‘deduct’ in English; the modern legal sense ‘embezzle’ did not develop until the 19th century.
- defalcate (v.)
- 1530s, "to lop off," from Medieval Latin defalcatus, past participle of defalcare (see defalcation). Modern scientific use dates from 1808.
双语例句
- 1. He has defalcate with $50000 of the firm's money.
- 他盗用了公司5万美金的公款。
来自辞典例句
- 2. 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.
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