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

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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

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Source: Wiktionary

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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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