Definition of Defalcator

1. Noun. Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.

Exact synonyms: Embezzler, Peculator
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster, Stealer, Thief
Derivative terms: Defalcate, Embezzle, Peculate

Definition of Defalcator

1. n. A defaulter or embezzler.

Definition of Defalcator

1. Noun. A defaulter or embezzler. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defalcator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defalcator

defail
defailance
defailances
defailed
defailing
defailment
defailments
defails
defailure
defalcate
defalcated
defalcates
defalcating
defalcation
defalcations
defalcator (current term)
defalcators
defalk
defalked
defalking
defalks
defamation
defamations
defamatorily
defamatory
defame
defamed
defamer
defamers
defames

Literary usage of Defalcator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1814)
"... has lately become a defalcator to the amount of 3,7001. The manner in which he obtained so important an office was this : he had been for several years ..."

2. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1815)
"... Surrey, has lately become a defalcator to the amount of 3|7001. The manner in which he obtained во important an office was this : He had been for ..."

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