defalcation









defalcation


noun Law.

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

mid-15c., from Medieval Latin defalcationem (nominative defalcatio), noun of action from past participle stem of defalcare, from de- + Latin falx, falcem “sickle, scythe, pruning hook.”

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