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Webster 1913 Edition
Defalcate
De-fal′cate
,Verb.
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
,Verb.
I.
To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
“Some partner defalcating, or the like.” Carlyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Defalcate
DEFALCATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
defalcate
defalcate
English
Verb
defalcate (third-person singular simple present defalcates, present participle defalcating, simple past and past participle defalcated)
- (transitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
- (transitive) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of (money, rents, income, etc.).
- Burke
- To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates].
- Burke
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
embezzle
See also
References
- ↑ “defalcate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- ↑ “defalcation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).