Noun defalcation has 2 senses
  1. defalcation - the sum of money that is misappropriated
    --1 is a kind of
    sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
  2. embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    --2 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
    --2 has particulars: raid; plunderage
    Derived form: verb defalcate1
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