Defalcate

[imp. & p. p. DEFALCATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEFALCATING.] [L. Lat. defalcare, defalcatum, to deduct, originally to cut off with a sickle, from Lat. de and falx, falcis, a sickle; It. defalcare, difalcare, disfalcare, falcare, Sp. & Pg. desfalcar, Fr. défalquer.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; — used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, &c. Lurke.