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Defalcation
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What's The Definition Of Defalcation?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Defalcation: embezzlement | misapplication | misappropriation | peculation Related Terms | Find terms related to Defalcation: 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 See Also | amount | amount of money | larceny | plunderage | raid | stealing | sum | sum of money | theft | thievery | thieving Defalcation In Webster's Dictionary \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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