- embezzlement
- the amount embezzled
Origin of defalcation
Medieval Latin defalcatio: see defalcatedefalcation
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Noun
(plural defalcations)
- (law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
- embezzlement
Origin
See also: défalcationLate 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”).
Surface analysis is defalcate + -tion (“the act of”).
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defalcation - Legal Definition
n
The theft or misuse of
funds, generally refers to improper use of money by government official or
private trustee.
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