Antonyms for defalcate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-fal-keyt, -fawl- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfæl keɪt, -ˈfɔl- |
- accomplish
- achieve
- be honest
- bear
- begin
- bequeath
- capture
- clothe
- commence
- compensate
- complete
- condemn
- continue
- cover
- create
- deliver
- demote
- earn
- gain
- give
- help
- hold
- hurt
- keep
- merit
- obtain
- offer
- pay
- procure
- prosper
- protect
- reach
- receive
- refuse
- reimburse
- reject
- release
- return
- start
- stop
- succeed
- use wisely
- win
Definition of defalcate
Origin :- 1530s, "to lop off," from Medieval Latin defalcatus, past participle of defalcare (see defalcation). Modern scientific use dates from 1808.
- As in misappropriate : verb use wrongly; steal
- As in rob : verb steal, deprive
- As in misapply : verb misuse
- As in embezzle : verb steal money, often from employer
- As in fail : verb lose money
- No one can defalcate in this particular; no one can Texas-ize and be quit of his transgressions and his onward travel.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 » by Various
Synonyms for defalcate
- abscond
- abstract
- abuse
- appropriate
- be cleaned out
- be in arrears
- be ruined
- be taken to the cleaners
- become insolvent
- bereave
- break
- break into
- burglarize
- burgle
- cheat
- close
- close down
- close one's doors
- con
- cop
- crash
- defalcate
- default
- defraud
- despoil
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dispossess
- divest
- do out of
- drop
- drop a bundle
- embezzle
- end
- filch
- finish
- fold
- forge
- go bankrupt
- go belly up
- go broke
- go bust
- go into Chapter 11
- go out of business
- go to the wall
- go under
- go up
- heist
- hijack
- hold up
- hustle
- liberate
- lift
- loot
- lose
- lose big
- lose one's shirt
- misapply
- misappropriate
- misemploy
- misspend
- misuse
- mug
- oust
- overdraw
- peculate
- pervert
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- plunder
- promote
- purloin
- put hand in cookie jar
- put hand in till
- raid
- ransack
- relieve
- repudiate
- requisition
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- roll
- sack
- scrounge
- skim
- snitch
- steal
- stick up
- strip
- strong-arm
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- terminate
- thieve
- withhold
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