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Definition of Defalcating

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

Meaning of Defalcating from wikipedia

- hence literally "cutting off with a sickle". There is also a verb form, "defalcate". US Bankruptcy Code, section 523(a)(4) (11 U.S.C. §523(a)(4) Bullock...
- sue 17 Health officials". The New Nation. 30 August 2015. "12 sued for defalcating". The Independent. Dhaka. 31 August 2015. "Satkhira Medical College suffers...
- demands, Cosby should return the privilege fortunes, which were being defalcated out of the English treasury for fake provincial expenditures, by Cosby...
- desfalcar o Galo por até três meses" [Cazares has tendon rupture and may defalcate Galo for three months] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 12 July 2016. Retrieved...