DEFALCATE
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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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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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