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Malversation

noun
1.
Misconduct in public office.






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"Malversation" Quotes from Famous Books



... interest of the Neri. Dante being still at Rome (January 27, 1302), sentence of exile was pronounced against him and others, with a heavy fine to be paid within two months; if not paid, the entire confiscation of goods, and, whether paid or no, exile; the charge against him being pecuniary malversation in office. The fine not paid (as it could not be without admitting the justice of the charges, which Dante scorned even to deny), in less than two months (March 10, 1302) a second sentence was registered, by which he with others was condemned ...
— Among My Books • James Russell Lowell



Words linked to "Malversation" :   wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus, malversate



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