"defalcate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: [ˈdɛfəɫkeɪt] [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-defalcate.wav 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, {{der|en|la|dē||off}} Latin dē (“off”) 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 Disambiguation of 'to misappropriate funds — see also embezzle': 85 7 8
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 60 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 55 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 58 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 50 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 58 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 59 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 58 27
  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: 12 36 53 Disambiguation of Finance: 13 34 53
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 Form of: defalcare
    Sense id: en-defalcate-it-verb-hP9HC5ji Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 19 9 61 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 13 6 74 4 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. inflection of defalcare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: defalcare
    Sense id: en-defalcate-it-verb-8hAB9wVm

Inflected forms

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