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defalcate

[dih-fal-keyt, -fawl-] / dɪˈfæl keɪt, -ˈfɔl- /


VERB
misapply
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


VERB
misappropriate
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
use wisely


Example Sentences

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No one can defalcate in this particular; no one can Texas-ize and be quit of his transgressions and his onward travel.

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An embezzler can not defalcate in Nova Scotia, lightly skip into Manitoba and put both provinces to expense and technical trouble apprehending him.

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Carlyle to Emerson Chelsea, London, 8 December, 1839 My Dear Emerson,—What a time since we have written to one another! was it you that defalcated?

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The plasterers were hindered; the painters misunderstood orders; the paperers have defalcated, and the universe generally comes to a pause.

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Robespierre, on the extreme Left, with perhaps Petion and lean old Goupil, for the very Triumvirate has defalcated, are shrieking hoarse; drowned in Constitutional clamour.

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