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Definition of Defalcating
1. defalcate [v] - See also: defalcate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defalcating
Literary usage of Defalcating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Rept. of comrs. apptd. to settle with the sureties of bond of defalcating treasurer.
13 pp. (H. doc. 39; Public docs. 1861, pt. 2.) of accts. ..."
2. The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl Lotus Becker (1909)
"Since the treasurer was a party to the fraud, the state was fully reimbursed
later, for ample safeguards had been provided against a defalcating treasurer. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... the defalcating Amtmann, hanged at Konigsberg without even a trial. " He had
no trial; ' but was there any doubt he had justice ? ..."
4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... the defalcating Amtmann, hanged at Konigsberg without even a trial. ' He had
no trial; but was there any doubt he had justice ? ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"... the defalcating Amtmann, hanged at Konigsberg without even a trial. ' He had
no trial; but was there any doubt lie had justice ? ..."
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