defalcation

n. 盗用公款, 亏空, 亏空额 [法] 盗用公款, 监守自盗, 亏空额

发音

US
UK /ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən/

词形变化

defalcations 复数 defalcations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.

    可数 不可数 法律
  2. 2.

    Embezzlement.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

embezzlement misapplication misappropriation peculation

上位词 7

amount stealing theft sum thieving larceny thievery

下位词 2

raid plunderage

词源

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”). By surface analysis, defalcate + -ion (“the act of”).

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