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   De·fal·cate

   /dəˈfalkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted): formal "the officials were charged with defalcating government money"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘deduct, subtract’): from medieval Latin defalcat- ‘lopped’, from the verb defalcare, from de- ‘away from, off’ + Latin falx, falc- ‘sickle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. defalcation noun
   • 2. defalcator noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • L

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   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

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   • E

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