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  • verb Present participle of defalcate.

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Examples

  • And what would Sir Fred have done to ant defalcating bank clerk ?

    On the Goodwin Pension Jack of Kent 2009

  • The man with vagabond instincts becomes an explorer, Ishmael writes social dramas, the happier son of a defalcating cashier rises to be a minister of finance, the born liar turns novelist, the man with murder in his soul hunts big game in foreign lands or settles down at home as a critic.

    Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

  • The Obama administration is defalcating our economy, our savings, and our freedom away.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Don't blame our defalcating government .... we vote for them!

    Latest Articles 2009

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