OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16279

defalcation

[ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən]
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desfalco
Embezzlement.
Granting that Mr. Ireland had gone into his office at ten minutes to ten o'clock at night for the purpose of extracting £5000 worth of notes and gold from the bank safe, whilst giv…
“Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd. He had settled down in Estrepps. There…
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