defalcation
Example Sentences
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Last month a jury pronounced Treasurer Baldwin guilty of perjury by falsifying bank statements to cover up the defalcation.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Attorney General had asked the chief of his criminal division to prosecute a Department of Justice employe for a $2,000 defalcation it was Mr. Malloy's turn to balk.
From Time Magazine Archive
They decided that they had to share a collective responsibility for not having discovered the defalcation earlier.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the Governor's errors the chief topic of conversation in the Green Mountain State, State's Attorney Bloomer dug deeper into the defalcation.
From Time Magazine Archive
About 1823 or 1824 a good deal of excitement was created by the arrest of Mr. Price who was charged with defalcation in his accounts.
From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George
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