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defalcation

noun

1 defalcation

The sum of money that is misappropriated.

Roget 808: nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing.    insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency etc. 640; run upon a bank; ... show more

Roget 53: incompleteness etc. adj.; deficiency, short measure; shortcoming etc. 304; insufficiency etc. 640; imperfection etc. 651; ... show more

Roget 195: contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size etc. 36; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking etc. v.; compaction; ... show more

Roget 304: shortcoming, failure; falling short etc. v.; default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go.    incompleteness etc. 53; ... show more

2 defalcation

The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

synonyms: embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation.

Dutch: verdonkeremaning, ontvreemding, malversatie, verduistering
Polish: malwersacja, defraudacja


Moby thesaurus: abuse, abuse of office, arrear, arrearage, arrears, befoulment, break, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, decline, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, defilement, delinquency, desecration, discontinuity ... show more.

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