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      defalcate
      verb
      appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · off, awayfalxfalc- · Latin · sickleatus-ate · Latin · to make, do
      Words related to defalcate
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      Where does defalcate come from?

      The word defalcate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: de-, from Latin de (“off, away”); falc, from Latin falx (“sickle”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make, do”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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