defalcation
n . 挪用公款,亏空,亏空额
挪用公款,亏空,亏空额
defalcation n 1 :
the sum of money that is misappropriated 2 :
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [
synonym :
{
embezzlement }, {
peculation }, {
defalcation },
{
misapplication }, {
misappropriation }]
Defalcation \
De `
fal *
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n . [
LL .
defalcatio :
cf .
F .
d ['
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falcation .]
1 .
A lopping off ;
a diminution ;
abatement ;
deficit .
Specifically :
Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim ;
set -
off . --
Abbott .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which is lopped off ,
diminished ,
or abated .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
An abstraction of money ,
etc .,
by an officer or agent having it in trust ;
an embezzlement .
[
1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
defalcation ":
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abuse of office ,
arrear ,
arrearage ,
arrears ,
befoulment ,
break ,
conversion ,
corrupt administration ,
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deficit ,
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delinquency ,
desecration ,
discontinuity ,
diversion ,
embezzlement ,
failing ,
failure ,
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fouling ,
gap ,
hiatus ,
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need ,
negligence ,
omission ,
outage ,
paucity ,
peculation ,
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pollution ,
poor stewardship ,
poverty ,
profanation ,
prostitution ,
remissness ,
scant ,
scantiness ,
scarceness ,
short measure ,
shortage ,
shortcoming ,
shortfall ,
slackness ,
slump ,
ullage ,
underage ,
violation ,
want ,
wantage DEFALCATION ,
practice ,
contracts .
The reduction of the claim of one of the contracting parties against the other ,
by deducting from it a smaller claim due from the former to the latter .
2 .
The law operates this reduction ,
in certain cases ,
for ,
if the parties die or are insolvent ,
the balance between them is the only claim ;
but if they are solvent and alive ,
the defendant may or may not defalcate at his choice .
See Set off .
For the etymology of this word ,
see Bracken .
Law Misc .
186 ;
1 Rawle '
s R .
291 ;
3 Binn .
R .
135 .
3 .
Defalcation also signifies the act of a defaulter .
The bankrupt act of August 19 ,
1841 , (
now repealed ),
declares that a person who owes debts which have been created in consequence of a defalcation as a public officer ,
or as executor ,
administrator ,
guardian or trustee ,
or while acting in any other fiduciary capacity ,
shall not have the benefit of that law .
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