Found 3 items, similar to Defalcating.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: defalcate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: defalcate
defalcate
v : appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care)
fraudulently to one's own use;
“The accountant embezzled
thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy
family” [syn:
embezzle,
peculate,
misappropriate,
malversate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Defalcating
Defalcate
\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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