"defalcate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: [ˈdɛfəɫkeɪt] [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defalcate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: defalcates [present, singular, third-person], defalcating [participle, present], defalcated [participle, past], defalcated [past]
Etymology: 1530s, in sense “to lop off”, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātus, perfect passive participle of dēfalcō (“cut or lop off”), from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|dēfalcātus}} Medieval Latin dēfalcātus, {{m|la|dēfalcō||cut or lop off}} dēfalcō (“cut or lop off”), {{der|en|la|dē||off}} Latin dē (“off”), {{m|la|falx||sickle, scythe, pruning hook}} falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), {{m|en|falcate||sickle-shaped}} falcate (“sickle-shaped”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} defalcate (third-person singular simple present defalcates, present participle defalcating, simple past and past participle defalcated)
  1. (intransitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle. Tags: intransitive Translations (to misappropriate funds — see also embezzle): злоупотребявам (zloupotrebjavam) (Bulgarian), defraudovat (Czech), zpronevěřit (Czech), kavaltaa (Finnish), расхища́ть (rasxiščátʹ) (Russian), растра́чивать (rastráčivatʹ) (Russian), desfalcar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-defalcate-en-verb-9ibdZSvl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 24 35 Disambiguation of 'to misappropriate funds — see also embezzle': 82 6 13
  2. (transitive, obsolete)
    To cut off (a part of something).
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-defalcate-en-verb-~yrQpOnY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 24 35
  3. (transitive, obsolete)
    To deduct or take away (a part of income, money, rents, etc.).
    Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Crime, Finance
    Sense id: en-defalcate-en-verb-HpLc-8yA Disambiguation of Crime: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of Finance: 28 24 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 24 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: defalcation Related terms: falcate, lop

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} defalcate
  1. inflection of defalcare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-defalcate-it-verb-hP9HC5ji Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. inflection of defalcare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-defalcate-it-verb-8hAB9wVm

Inflected forms

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