Defalcate and Return

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Defalcate verb - Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.

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Return is an antonym for defalcate in topics: steal, steal money.

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Defalcate is an antonym for return.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

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