'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