defalcate

English

Etymology

1530s, in sense “to lop off”, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  dēfalcātus, perfect passive participle of dēfalcō (“cut or lop off”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛfəɫkeɪt]

Verb

defalcate (third-person singular simple present defalcat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle defalcated)

1. (transitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
2. (transitive) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of (money, rents, income, etc.).
   • Burke

     To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates].

Derived terms

• defalcation

Related terms

• falcate

Translations

embezzle

• Bulgarian: злоупотребявам (bg) (zloupotrebjavam)
• Finnish: kavaltaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: расхища́ть (ru) (rasxiščátʹ), (преступно), растра́чивать (ru) (rastráčivatʹ),

See also

• lop

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Italian

Verb

defalcate

1. second-person plural present indicative of defalcare
2. second-person plural imperative of defalcare