DEFALCATION

• (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

  synonyms : embezzlement , misapplication , misappropriation , peculation

  Latesh sir was embezzled by his business partners & hence became bankcrupt. -added by priyavanjeri

• (noun) the sum of money that is misappropriated

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