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Definitions

defalcation

[dee-fal-key-shuhn, -fawl-] / ˌdi fælˈkeɪ ʃən, -fɔl- /

NOUN

bankruptcy

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default disaster failure insolvency liquidation loss

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destitution exhaustion indebtedness indigence lack nonpayment overdraft pauperism privation repudiation ruin ruination

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Chapter 11 destituteness

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accomplishment achievement success win

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richness solvency wealth

NOUN

deficiency

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dearth defect failing failure fault flaw frailty glitch insufficiency lack scarcity shortage shortcoming weakness

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absence bug default deficit demerit dereliction loss need neglect paucity privation scantiness sin want

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inability to hack it insufficience

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abundance advantage enough excess perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

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accomplishment achievement

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adequacy faultlessness satisfaction superfluity

NOUN

deficit

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loss shortfall

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arrears default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

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dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

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abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

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excess superfluousness

NOUN

embezzlement

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fraud larceny misappropriation misuse theft

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abstraction appropriation misapplication peculation pilferage skimming thieving

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filching pilfering purloining

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compensation pay reimbursement return

NOUN

inadequacy

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dearth deficiency failing flaw imperfection incapacity ineffectiveness inefficiency ineptitude insufficiency paucity shortcoming weakness

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blemish defectiveness deficit drawback faultiness inadequateness inaptness incompetence incompetency incompleteness ineffectualness inefficacy lack meagerness poverty scantiness unfitness unsuitableness

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skimpiness underage

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abundance advantage perfection plenty strength strong point sufficiency

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enough excess extra

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ability adequacy

NOUN

scantiness

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

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underage

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abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

NOUN

scantness

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

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underage

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abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

NOUN

scarceness

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

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underage

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abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

NOUN

shortage

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dearth deficit failure lack poverty scarcity shortfall weakness

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curtailment inadequacy insufficiency lapse leanness paucity pinch scantiness tightness want

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underage

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abundance enough excess plenty surplus

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sufficiency

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ample

NOUN

underage

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

Example Sentences

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As further defalcations were successively exposed, he blamed others—including those closest to him.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2019

"The most logical deep pocket would be the acquired firm's auditors, who should have allegedly caught these defalcations," said James Cox, a professor at Duke University law school who specializes in corporate and securities law.

From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2012

Senator Robinson: "If defalcations of bank presidents are common, no wonder the people have no confidence in banks."

From Time Magazine Archive

The sudden failure of the old and and highly respected Stock Exchange firm of Day & Heaton, caused by the defalcations of one of its partners, has proved a severe shock to stockbrokers in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The defalcations were not discovered until the accidental death of the partner.

From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson

defalcation

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