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Definition of: defalcate
(di·fal′kāt) v.i. ·cat·ed, ·cat·ing
To commit defalcation; embezzle money. [<Med. L defalcatus, pp. of defalcare lop off <de- down, away + falx, falcis scythe]
—de·fal′ca·tor noun
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