DEFALCATE


Meaning of DEFALCATE in English

[de.fal.cate] vb -cat.ed ; -cat.ing [ML defalcatus, pp. of defalcare, fr. L de- + falc-, falx sickle] vt (1540) archaic: deduct, curtail ~ vi: to engage in embezzlement -- de.fal.ca.tor n

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