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Antonyms for malversation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mal-ver-sey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmæl vərˈseɪ ʃən

Definition of malversation

Origin :
  • "professional or official corruption," 1540s, from French malversation, from malverser, from Latin male versari, from male "wrongly, ill" (see mal-) + versari "to behave, conduct oneself," passive frequentative of vertere "to turn" (see versus).
  • As in misconduct : noun bad or unethical behavior
Example sentences :
  • He replied, Why, you see, they tell me he is suspected of malversation.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Empress Catherine II. » by Catherine II, Empress of Russia
  • There was malversation in the admiralties and in the military administration.
  • Extract from : « History of Holland » by George Edmundson
  • The latter had kept him in power in spite of numerous accusations of malversation and extravagance.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • They must be as few as possible, done gradually, and bottomed on some malversation or inherent disqualification.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • In these, therefore, no removals took place but for malversation.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • We think it a marvellous act of malversation in a trustee, to benefit himself unjustly out of the funds entrusted to his care.
  • Extract from : « The Claims of Labour » by Arthur Helps
  • He was a profligate Roman, who had been guilty of malversation in office and hoped by his new alliance to return to power.
  • Extract from : « Women of Early Christianity » by Alfred Brittain
  • Yet every attempt of his enemies to convict him of extortion or malversation broke signally down.
  • Extract from : « Claverhouse » by Mowbray Morris
  • He charged him with several grievous acts of malversation in office, with abuses of a public trust of a great and heinous nature.
  • Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke
  • There was no one to check his malversation, and by the simple expedient of keeping the interest paid, he escaped detection.
  • Extract from : « Secret Service or Recollections of a City Detective » by Andrew Forrester

Synonyms for malversation

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