Bible Dictionaries
Defalcate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.

(2):

(v. t.) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; - used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defalcate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defalcate.html. 1828.