| 词汇 | defalcation |
| 释义 | defalcation noun[ C or U ] law specializeduk /ˌdiː.fælˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌdiː.fælˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the act of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for: There are charges against them of defalcation and mismanagement. We referred earlier to the very high incidence of defalcations by sole practitioners. These defalcations have caused considerable loss and hardship for members of the public. The fund is designed to compensate people who suffer monetary loss due to defalcation. These clients have suffered a loss because of a defalcation by the broker. Fraud & corruption anti-bribery anti-corruption anti-counterfeiting anti-fraud Augean dark money defraud defraud someone/something of something dolus embezzle impersonation imposture launder malfeasance malpractice nobble pyramid scheme siphon tax evasion vishing Synonymembezzlement defalcation | Business Englishdefalcation noun[ U ] uk /ˌdiːfælˈkeɪʃən/us LAW the taking or illegal use of money by someone who has responsibility for it, such as a company or government official: Our office represents title insurance agents and others accused of defalcation and fraud. See also embezzlement defalcateverb[ T ] They were not successful in their search for the defalcated cash. defalcatornoun[ C ] Examples of defalcationdefalcation I, frankly, can attribute no importance to the defalcations, deplorable as they are, of a cashier and certain irregularities in the accounts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A fruitful cause of defalcations is that there are too many solicitors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have £16 million-worth of assets and, to the best of our knowledge and belief, there have never been any losses or defalcations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For 60 years their labour is to be mortgaged to make good the admitted defalcations of dishonest politicians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not as though penalties were necessary because of some deliberate defalcation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They both deal with the scandal of solicitors' defalcations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The district auditor discovered serious defalcations on the part of the late assistant overseer, and the latter has since been convicted of forgery and embezzlement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, there is no relation between the amount of money going through a solicitor's clients' account and the possibility, shall we say, of defalcation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No amounts have been paid up to the present in consequence of defalcations, but several small claims have been received from approved societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ought not to over-emphasise the defalcations which take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One would have imagined that the rate after defalcation would have been greater than the rate in the first case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To take the moneys and apply them in any other way is a serious form of defalcation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The powers extend; but how widely do they extend and to how many different forms of alleged tax defalcationor tax avoidance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not actually in the ordinary run of business that the one-off major defalcation that cause the trouble in these matters arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, ten of the managers appeared in court and were convicted of minor defalcations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of defalcation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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