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defalcation
[ dee-fal-key-shuhn, -fawl- ]
noun
, Law.
- misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary.
- the sum misappropriated.
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Other Words From
- nonde·fal·cation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of defalcation1
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Example Sentences
"They're not so frequent as defalcation with us, quite—especially birth," suggested Bellingham.
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But I will never suffer the sacred name of economy to be bestowed upon arbitrary defalcation of charge.
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Because of the defalcation of her lawyer, she is in financial straits.
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His cashier, who is secretly engaged to marry Miss Van Gorder's niece, is suspected of the defalcation and is a fugitive.
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First, diversion of the public funds to his own use,—embezzlement or defalcation we should call it.
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