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Misconduct in public office
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malversation
Word definitions for malversation in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"professional or official corruption," 1540s, from French malversation , from malverser , from Latin male versari , from male "wrongly, ill" (see mal- ) + versari "to behave, conduct oneself," passive frequentative of vertere "to turn" (see versus ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malversation \Mal`ver*sa"tion\, n. [F., fr. malverser to be corrupt in office, fr. L. male ill + versari to move about, to occupy one's self, vertere to turn. See Malice , and Verse .] Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. misconduct in public office
Usage examples of malversation.
This was a great gain for the aristocracy, since the offenses for which they were usually brought to trial, such as bribery, malversation, and the like, were so commonly practiced by the whole order, that they were, in most cases, nearly certain of acquittal from men who required similar indulgence themselves.
CHAPTER III THE PERFECT LOVER To the crime of being Potts the wretched Colonel had now added malversation of a trust fund.
In this morality female adultery is malversation by the woman and theft by the man, whilst male adultery with an unmarried woman is not an offence at all.
This last provision may have been due to the recent discoveries of malversation, but, however that may be, it was found to work so well that it was more than once re-enacted.
During two days the king rejected his application: but sensible, either that this affair might be attended with dangerous consequences, or that in his impatience he had groundlessly accused the primate of malversation in his office, which seems really to have been the case, he at last permitted him to take his seat, and was reconciled to him.
Parisienne hostess, on charges of malversation and acting against the interests of the state.
But the proof was irrefutable, and the court unanimously condemned him of malversation and sent him into exile.
He then recounts numerous abuses and malversations on the part of the governor.
The money, however, was slow in reaching the hands of those to whom it was due, and much was lost through the malversations of the men charged with its distribution.
Sir Thomas Rumbold by this noble lord himself, on the ground of malversations in India.
Sir John Sharington, whose crimes and malversations had appeared so egregious at the condemnation of Lord Seymour, obtained from parliament a reversal of his attainder.
Lord Say, the treasurer, and Cromer, sheriff of Kent, should be punished for their malversations, he would immediately lay down his arms.
This was a great gain for the aristocracy, since the offenses for which they were usually brought to trial, such as bribery, malversation, and the like, were so commonly practiced by the whole order, that they were, in most cases, nearly certain of acquittal from men who required similar indulgence themselves.
He then recounts numerous abuses and malversations on the part of the governor.