malversation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   corrupt or dishonest conduct in a public office, trust, or administrative role

   The auditors uncovered years of malversation in the management of public funds.

Borrowed in the sixteenth century from French malversation, from malverser, 'to act corruptly.' The French verb combines mal, 'badly,' with verser, 'to turn or handle,' ultimately from Latin versare.

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