defalcation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
defalcation
n.
embezzlement, stealing (of money); failure to meet an expectation, inability to succeed in meeting a promise
Defalcation
A
defalcation is an amount of funds misappropriated by a person trusted with its charge; also, the act of misappropriation, or an instance thereof. The term is more specifically used by the
United States Bankruptcy Code to describe a category of bad acts that taint a particular
debt such that it cannot be discharged in
bankruptcy.
defalcation
Noun
1. the sum of money that is misappropriated
(hypernym) sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
2. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
(synonym) embezzlement, peculation, misapplication, misappropriation
(hypernym) larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
(hyponym) raid
(derivation) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
défalcation
nf.
deduction
Defalcation
(n.)
That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
(n.)
An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.
(n.)
A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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