About The Word Defalcate
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Defalcate
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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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