What does defalcate mean?
Defalcate means (intransitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle..
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[ˈdɛfəɫkeɪt] · verb
(intransitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle..
One would have thought the natural method in a plan of reformation vvould be, to take the preſent exiſting eſtimates as they ſtand; and then to ſhevv vvhat may be practicably and ſafely defalcated from them.
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Defalcate means (intransitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle..
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One would have thought the natural method in a plan of reformation vvould be, to take the preſent exiſting eſtimates as they ſtand; and then to ſhevv vvhat may be practicably and ſafely defalcated from them.
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