Meaning of DEFALCATION
| Pronunciation: | | `deefal'keyshun
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- [n] the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- [n] the sum of money that is misappropriated
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| | Synonyms: | | embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation |
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| | See Also: | | amount, amount of money, larceny, plunderage, raid, stealing, sum, sum of money, theft, thievery, thieving | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De`fal*ca"tion\, n. [LL. defalcatio: cf. F.
d['e]falcation.]
1. A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit.
Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a
counterclaim; set- off. --Abbott.
2. That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
3. An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent
having it in trust; an embezzlement.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, abuse of office, arrear, arrearage, arrears, befoulment, break, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, decline, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, defilement, delinquency, desecration, discontinuity, diversion, embezzlement, failing, failure, falling short, fault, fouling, gap, hiatus, imperfection, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, laxness, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, missing link, misusage, misuse, need, negligence, omission, outage, paucity, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, poverty, profanation, prostitution, remissness, scant, scantiness, scarceness, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slackness, slump, ullage, underage, violation, want, wantage |
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