Definition of "defalcating" [defalcating]

• Present participle of defalcate. (verb)

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• "And what would Sir Fred have done to ant defalcating bank clerk ?"
• "The man with vagabond instincts becomes an explorer, Ishmael writes social dramas, the happier son of a defalcating cashier rises to be a minister of finance, the born liar turns novelist, the man with murder in his soul hunts big game in foreign lands or settles down at home as a critic."
• "The Obama administration is defalcating our economy, our savings, and our freedom away."