| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb defalcate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (defalcate) | 1. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.[Wordnet]. 2. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.[Websters]. 3. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.[Websters]. 4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: defalcating, defalcated, defalcates, defalcator, defalcators, defalcatingly and defalcatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEFALCATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: defalcate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, &c.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (transitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle. (references) | ||
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