defalcation

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
2. (countable, uncountable) Embezzlement.

Conceptes

desfalc

malversació

desfalcament

Sinònims

embezzlement

misappropriation

misapplication

peculation

usurpation

pilferage

larceny

breach of trust

conversion

deficit

appropriation

Traduccions

desfalco

Unterschlagung

υπεξαίρεση

Veruntreuung

σφετερισμός

apropriação

peculato

malversation

détournement de fonds

détournement

appropriazione indebita

verduistering

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən]

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).