defalcate
Example Sentences
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Jest like a criminal he skipped, an' aimed to defalcate The Chewed-ear Jenkins Hirsute Propagation Syndicate.
From Rhymes of a Rolling Stone by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
An embezzler can not defalcate in Nova Scotia, lightly skip into Manitoba and put both provinces to expense and technical trouble apprehending him.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
No one can defalcate in this particular; no one can Texas-ize and be quit of his transgressions and his onward travel.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
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