defalcation
defalcation · defalcations
Veruntreuung, Unterschlagung
The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant…The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
(countable, uncountable)Embezzlement.
Veruntreuung, Unterschlagung
More definitions
- the sum of money that is misappropriated
- the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Translations
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By meaning 1
embezzlement:
Origin
Late 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (lLate 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), nominalization of dēfalcō, from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”).
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Forms
plural: defalcations| Singular | defalcation |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else:embezzlementpeculationmisapplicationmisappropriation
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable