defalcation

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

υπεξαίρεση

σφετερισμός

κλοπή

κατάχρηση χρημάτων

έλλειμα

Συνώνυμα

embezzlement

misappropriation

misapplication

peculation

usurpation

pilferage

larceny

breach of trust

conversion

deficit

appropriation

Μεταφράσεις

desfalco

Veruntreuung

Unterschlagung

desfalc

peculato

détournement de fonds

malversation

appropriazione indebita

verduistering

détournement

apropriação

vuoto di cassa

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən]

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).