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DEFALCATES Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the word defalcates. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word defalcates. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for DEFALCATES

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embezzle
verbv
verb

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

misappropriate
verbv
verb

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

appropriate
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

adjective satellite

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

verb

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

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

cheat
verb, nounv, n
noun

• 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

verb

• 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

defraud
verbv
verb

• deprive of by deceit

lift
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of giving temporary assistance

• the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

• the event of something being raised upward

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

• a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

• one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

• lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

• plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

• a ride in a car

• the act of raising something

verb

• raise from a lower to a higher position

• take hold of something and move it to a different location

• move upwards

• move upward

• make audible

• cancel officially

• make off with belongings of others

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

• invigorate or heighten

• raise in rank or condition

• take off or away by decreasing

• rise up

• pay off (a mortgage)

• take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

• take illegally

• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

• take (root crops) out of the ground

• call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

• rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

• put an end to

• remove (hair) by scalping

• remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

• remove from a surface

• perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

pilfer
verbv
verb

• make off with belongings of others

steal
verbv
noun

• 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)

verb

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

swindle
verbv
noun

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

verb

• deprive of by deceit

malversate
verbv
verb

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

peculate
verbv
verb

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

Best Hypernyms For DEFALCATES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for defalcates, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
rip steal appropriates embezzles filches loots misappropriates pilfers purloins robs steals swindles

Alternatives for EMBEZZLE

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