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Defalcation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

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the sum of money that is misappropriated

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
misappropriation
plural
Defalcations
possessive
Defalcation's
pluralpossessive
Defalcations'