DEFALCATION
embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
(noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
defalcation
(noun) the sum of money that is misappropriated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
defalcation (countable and uncountable, plural defalcations)
(legal) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
embezzlement
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
De`fal*ca"tion, n. Etym: [LL. defalcatio: cf. F. défalcation.]
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
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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