defalcation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
Last month a jury pronounced Treasurer Baldwin guilty of perjury by falsifying bank statements to cover up the defalcation.
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
He was so far from conceiving that his account of the defalcation in the Events could have been displeasing to them, that he bore them none of an offender's malice.
From The Quality of Mercy by William Dean Howells
