malversation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of malversation
1540–50; < Middle French, equivalent to malvers ( er ) to embezzle (< Latin male versārī to behave badly, equivalent to male badly ( mal- ) + versārī to behave, conduct oneself, passive (in middle sense) of versāre to turn; versatile ) + -ation -ation
Example Sentences
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During a brief job at a large corporation, he impersonates a vice president and summarily fires those who seem unhappy in their work, He is finally caught and dismissed for "malversation of coffee break."
From Time Magazine Archive
This was shown by one of the framers of the impeachment provision, James Wilson, who said that what he had in mind was misbehavior, or what he called "malversation."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Inspector General Act was designed to protect patriotic whistle-blowers who seek to reveal malversation in government.
From Time Magazine Archive
The magistracy had been acquiring more and more the character of an oligarchy; all power was practically in the hands of a few closely-related families; and the gravest peculation and malversation took place without hindrance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
Six weeks later Alderman Fowke was committed to Fleet Prison by the committee for accompts of the kingdom, presumably on a charge of malversation.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
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