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.

Wiktionary

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Defalcation

Singular:

defalcation

Plural:

defalcations

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”).

From Wiktionary
Surface analysis is defalcate +‎ -tion (“the act of”).

From Wiktionary

Find similar words to defalcation using the buttons below.