malversation

n. 渎职, 贪污, 盗用 [法] 贪污, 受贿, 营私舞币

发音

/mælvəˈseɪʃən/

词形变化

malversations 复数 malversations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority

    可数 不可数

    The Decreet was for Sallary, and it was offered to be proven, that Rue (for his Malverſation) was by warrand from General Monk, excluded from Collection that year.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

misconduct wrongdoing actus reus

词源

From French malversation, from malverser, from Latin male versari (“behave badly”). Compare Spanish malversación (“embezzlement”).

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