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Defalcate

Defalcate Meaning & Definition
Defalcate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defalcate?

[v] appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defalcate: embezzle | malversate | misappropriate | peculate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Defalcate:

See Also | steal

Defalcate In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fal"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defalcated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defalcating}.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See {Falchion}.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
\De*fal"cate\, v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. ``Some partner defalcating, or the like.'' --Carlyle.

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