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malversation

/mal-ver-sey-shuhn/US // ˌmæl vərˈseɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌmælvɜːˈseɪʃən) //

渎职行为,欺诈行为,渎职,渎职罪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly Law.

    • : improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.

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Examples

  • Tories and malecontent Whigs, elated by the hope that Montague might be convicted of malversation, eagerly called for inquiry.

  • We think it a marvellous act of malversation in a trustee, to benefit himself unjustly out of the funds entrusted to his care.

  • Another example of British malversation in China, and a further instance of persecution of the Ti-pings!

  • To the crime of being Potts the wretched Colonel had now added malversation of a trust fund.

  • By the latter device, are we not assured against malversation of the funds?