Thesaurus: defalcate

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1. v. t. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
2. v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
3. v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
4. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc. To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates]. Burke. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. "Some partner defalcating, or the like." Carlyle.
5. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chieflyof money, accounts, rents, income, etc.To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [theestimates]. Burke.
6. v appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use