DEFALCATED Synonyms

• appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• deprive of by deceit

• make off with belongings of others

• goods or money obtained illegally

• informal terms for money

• take illegally; of intellectual property

• steal goods; take as spoils

• make off with belongings of others

• a painful or straitened circumstance

• an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

• a small sharp bite or snip

• a squeeze with the fingers

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• make ridges into by pinching together

• make off with belongings of others

• cut the top off

• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

• an enclosed space

• a supply of money

• (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a small isolated group of people

• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

• put in one's pocket

• take unlawfully

• make off with belongings of others

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

• reading or glancing through quickly

• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

• travel on the surface of water

• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

• examine hastily

• cause to skip over a surface

• coat (a liquid) with a layer

• remove from the surface

• read superficially

• work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

• limit in quality or quantity

• subsist on a meager allowance

• supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

• carry out

• require (time or space)

• take somebody somewhere

• get into one's hands, take physically

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

• take into one's possession

• travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• receive willingly something given or offered

• assume, as of positions or roles

• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

• require as useful, just, or proper

• experience or feel or submit to

• make a film or photograph of something

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• accept or undergo, often unwillingly

• make use of or accept for some purpose

• conquer by force

• occupy or take on

• admit into a group or community

• ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

• be a student of a certain subject

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• head into a specified direction

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• be seized or affected in a specified way

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• engage for service under a term of contract

• receive or obtain regularly

• buy, select

• to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort

• have sex with; archaic use

• lay claim to; as of an idea

• be designed to hold or take

• be capable of holding or containing

• develop a habit

• proceed along in a vehicle

• obtain by winning

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• take by theft

• appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use