DEFALCATION
\dɪfɐlkˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪfɐlkˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_f_ɐ_l_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEFALCATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
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An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.
By Oddity Software
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That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
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An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Deficiency. esp. of funds intrusted to one's care.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A fraudulent appropriation of funds; embezzlement; also, a deficit.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A cutting off; a diminution, deficit, or withdrawment;—an abstraction of money, &c., by an officer having it in charge; an embezzlement; fraudulent deficiency.