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defalcate
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defalcate
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Defalcate
(gcide) | Defalcate \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.
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To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated
from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
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Defalcate
(gcide) | Defalcate \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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defalcate
(wn) | defalcate
v 1: 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"
[syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate,
misappropriate, malversate] |
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Defalcate
(gcide) | Defalcate \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.
[1913 Webster]
To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated
from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Defalcate \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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Defalcated
(gcide) | Defalcate \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.
[1913 Webster]
To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated
from them [the estimates]. --Burke.
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