MALVERSATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Misconduct in public office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("malversation" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Derivation:

malversate (appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use)

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