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MALVERSATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malversation mean?
• MALVERSATION (noun)
The noun MALVERSATION has 1 sense:
1. misconduct in public office
Familiarity information: MALVERSATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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