расхища́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• defalcate verb To steal money that has been placed in your care.
• embezzle verb To steal money that has been placed in your care, especially from your employer.
• reave verb To steal or carry off goods, often violently.

Senses

расхища́ть is used for these senses in English:

• defalcate (intransitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
• embezzle (legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
• reave (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

defalcate — full definition

1. verb To steal money that has been placed in your care.
2. verb To cut away a part of something.
3. verb To take away part of an income, rent or similar payment.

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