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Definition of Malversation
1. Noun. Misconduct in public office.
Definition of Malversation
1. n. Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
Definition of Malversation
1. Noun. corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malversation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Malversation
1. Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office. Origin: F, fr. Malverser to be corrupt in office, fr. L. Male ill + versari to move about, to occupy one's self, vertere to turn. See Malice, and Verse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malversation
Literary usage of Malversation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New York State Constitution Annotated by New York (State), New York State Library (1915)
"Provision shall be made by law for the removal for misconduct or malversation in
office of all officers, except judicial, whose powers and duties are not ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1831)
"... the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland, on account of malversation in
Office—Alterations in Courts of Justice—Illness of the King—Bill to authorize the ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"He tries cases of official malversation, and claims to village offices. He hears
and determines questions as to rent arising between landlord and tenant. ..."
4. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"4. Second invasion of Attica' Plague at Athens. § 5. Unpopularity of Pericles.
lie is accused of malversation. § 6. His domestic misfortunes. ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"malversation, fraudulent behaviour. (F..-L.) 'Mai- Lat. malleus is prob, .... F.
malversation, ' misdemeanor ; ' Cot. Regularly formed (with suffix -a-tion) ..."
6. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1876)
"This right of the king to timber for public purposes was maintained and claimed
till the time of the rebellion, and was a fertile source of malversation and ..."
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