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MALVERSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)