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defalcation

[ dee-fal-key-shuhn, -fawl- ]

noun

Law.
  1. misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary.
  2. the sum misappropriated.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of defalcation1

1425–75; late Middle English: deduction from wages (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin »åŧ´Ú²¹±ô³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of »åŧ´Ú²¹±ô³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å ) a taking away, equivalent to »åŧ´Ú²¹±ô³¦Äå³Ù ( us ) ( defalcate ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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According to the report, county supervisors may suspend Petersen for “defalcation or neglect of duty,†but the statutes do not define the meaning of the terms, officials said.

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“You have a keen sense of defalcation. Perhaps I should add a third D.â€

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Chief among them are Carrodos’s manservant, Parkinson, “an unquenchable stickler for decorum,†and Louis Carlyle, a private investigator specializing in “defalcation and divorce.â€

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“This defalcation is exacerbated by her not having told them exactly what she heard, only that she felt comfortable with a guilty verdict,†Judge Duval said.

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Another, about the meaning of the word “defalcation†in the Bankruptcy Code, must have made Justice Stephen G. Breyer, its author, wonder what he had done to deserve the assignment.

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