| 词汇 | defalcate |
| 词源 | defalcate. Defalcate may have originally been a gardening term, deriving as it does from the Latin de, “off,” and falx, “sick- le.” Translating as “to cut off with a sickle,” the word’s meaning was extended to “take away,” especially in the sense of taking away or embezzling money. |
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