1) Embezzle 2) Malversate 3) Misappropriate 4) Peculate 5) Steal 6) To be guilty of defalcation 7) To cut off 8) To embezzle 9) To misappropriate funds Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/defalcate
• (v. i.) To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. • (v. t.) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/defalcate/
De·fal'cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Defalcated ; present participle & verbal noun Defalcating .] [ Late Latin defalcatus , past participle of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; Latin... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/21