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de•fal•cate
(di fal′kāt, -fôl′-),USA pronunciation v.i., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. [Law.]
de•fal′ca•tor, n.
- Lawto be guilty of defalcation.
- Medieval Latin dēfalcātus (past participle of dēfalcāre to cut off), equivalent. to dē- de- + falcātus; see falcate
- 1530–40