verb (used without object), de·fal·cat·ed, de·fal·cat·ing. Law.
- to be guilty of defalcation.
verb
- (intr) law to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
1530s, “to lop off,” from Medieval Latin defalcatus, past participle of defalcare (see defalcation). Modern scientific use dates from 1808.