Crossword-Solution: DEFALCATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Defalcation | n. | A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off. |
| Defalcation | n. | That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated. |
| Defalcation | n. | An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “DEFALCATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| misappropriation | 9 answers |
| Defection | 39 answers |
| Malfunction | 55 answers |
| Default | 56 answers |
| Failing | 62 answers |
| shortcoming | 64 answers |
| Shortage | 68 answers |
| Inadequacy | 69 answers |
| Deficiency | 69 answers |
| insufficiency | 70 answers |
| deficit | 70 answers |
| failure | 86 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
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Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with DEFALCATION (5)
Nevertheless, many unpleasant things were brought to light,—the methods of transacting the business of the Bureau were faulty; several cases of defalcation were proved, and other frauds strongly suspected; there were some business transactions which savored of dangerous speculation, if not dishonesty; and around it all lay the smirch of the Freedmen’s Bank.
Howbeit, I enabled him to make good his defalcation--in the city they consider a defalcation made good when the money is replaced--and to go to New York.
They were both in a terrible rage, swearing like troopers, and saying that the Favoral defalcation would ruin them; that they had been taken in like fools, but that they were not going to take things so easy, and they were preparing a crushing article.” But he stopped, winking, and pointing to Maxence and Mlle.
Since he was a man and not a father, he could understand how the hurt would rankle year after year at the defalcation of his comrade.
The defalcation—if Cowperwood’s failure made Stener’s loan into one—could be concealed long enough, Mollenhauer thought, to win.