'Defalcation' definitions:
Definition of 'defalcation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The sum of money that is misappropriated
noun
The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation]
Definition of 'Defalcation'
From: GCIDE
- Defalcation \De`fal*ca"tion\, n. [LL. defalcatio: cf. F. d['e]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]
Synonyms of 'defalcation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- abuse of office,
- arrear,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- befoulment,
- break,
- conversion,
- corrupt administration,
- debasement,
- decline,
- default,
- defect,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- defilement,
- delinquency,
- desecration,
- discontinuity,
- diversion,
- embezzlement,
- failing,
- failure,
- falling short,
- fault,
- fouling,
- gap,
- hiatus,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- inferiority,
- insufficiency,
- interval,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- laxness,
- maladministration,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- malversation,
- misapplication,
- misappropriation,
- misconduct,
- misemployment,
- misfeasance,
- mishandling,
- mismanagement,
- missing link,
- misusage,
- misuse,
- need,
- negligence,
- omission,
- outage,
- paucity,
- peculation,
- perversion,
- pilfering,
- pollution,
- poor stewardship,
- poverty,
- profanation,
- prostitution,
- remissness,
- scant,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- short measure,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- shortfall,
- slackness,
- slump,
- ullage,
- underage,
- violation,
- want,
- wantage