Defalcation Definition
dēfalkāzhən, dēfôlkāzhən
noun
Embezzlement.
Webster's New World
The amount embezzled.
Webster's New World
The theft or misuse of funds, generally refers to improper use of money by government official or private trustee.
Webster's New World Law
(law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
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Noun
Singular:
defalcationPlural:
defalcationsOrigin of Defalcation
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Late 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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Surface analysis is defalcate + -tion (“the act of”).
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