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defalcate

[ dih-fal-keyt, -fawl- ]

verb (used without object)

Law.
defalcated, defalcating.
  1. to be guilty of defalcation.


defalcate

/ ˈ徱ːæˌɪ /

verb

  1. intr law to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڲˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˌڲˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڲc·ٴǰ noun
  • ܲd·ڲc· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of defalcate1

1530–40; < Medieval Latin ŧڲٳܲ (past participle of ŧڲ to cut off), equivalent to ŧ- de- + ڲٳܲ; falcate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of defalcate1

C15: from Medieval Latin ŧڲ to cut off, from Latin de- + falx sickle
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No one can defalcate in this particular; no one can Texas-ize and be quit of his transgressions and his onward travel.

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An embezzler can not defalcate in Nova Scotia, lightly skip into Manitoba and put both provinces to expense and technical trouble apprehending him.

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Carlyle to Emerson Chelsea, London, 8 December, 1839 My Dear Emerson,—What a time since we have written to one another! was it you that defalcated?

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The plasterers were hindered; the painters misunderstood orders; the paperers have defalcated, and the universe generally comes to a pause.

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Robespierre, on the extreme Left, with perhaps Petion and lean old Goupil, for the very Triumvirate has defalcated, are shrieking hoarse; drowned in Constitutional clamour.

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