Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of cutting off or deducting a part; abatement; curtailment; specifically, in law, the reduction of a claim or demand on contract by the amount of a counter-claim.
- noun That which is cut off; deficit.
- noun A deficiency through breach of trust by one who has the management or charge of funds belonging to others; a fraudulent deficiency in money matters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
- noun That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
- noun An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The act of
cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant. - noun
embezzlement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sum of money that is misappropriated
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the government school monopolists and Democrats want you to believe that protecting waste, incompetence and defalcation is for the children!
Sound Politics: Eliminating accountability ... for the children! 2007
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The terms defalcation, misappropriation, and other fiscal irregularities refer to, but are not limited to:
Chapter 18 1998
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The amount of the defalcation is variously estimated at from two and a half to five millions, involving in losses several bankers and brokers.
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Yesterday's term was defalcation, which is defined as:
Define That Term #35 2006
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Management believes the defalcation will be a covered loss, less the deductible.
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Management believes the defalcation will be a covered loss, less the deductible.
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Management believes the defalcation will be a covered loss, less the deductible.
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Management believes the defalcation will be a covered loss, less the deductible.
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His lifelong political enemy called him "the great incendiary" and a "master of the puppets", deplored his "obstinacy and inflexible disposition", and also accused him of "defalcation" a quaint expression for embezzlement.
Dove's Eye View: 2006
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His lifelong political enemy called him "the great incendiary" and a "master of the puppets", deplored his "obstinacy and inflexible disposition", and also accused him of "defalcation" a quaint expression for embezzlement.
Our Founding Moonbat 2006
jaime_d commented on the word defalcation
from Trollope
October 1, 2007