defalcation

Other forms: defalcations

Definitions of defalcation
  1. noun
    a sum of money in your care but owned by someone else that you misuse
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    type of:
    amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money
    a quantity of money
  2. noun
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    synonyms: embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation
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    types:
    raid
    an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
    plunderage
    the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
    type of:
    larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
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