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prettygoodworddefalcate - v., to embezzle money held in trust for others for one's own use.
I could have stated that a little more succinctly, but the being a trustee of some sort appears to be key to the sense of this word. From Latin defalcare to deduct, orig. to cut off with a sickle, from de-, away + falx/falcis, a sickle.
---L.
I could have stated that a little more succinctly, but the being a trustee of some sort appears to be key to the sense of this word. From Latin defalcare to deduct, orig. to cut off with a sickle, from de-, away + falx/falcis, a sickle.
---L.
