Today's Word "malversation"
Published in Vocabulary
malversation \mal-vur-SAY-shun\ (noun) - Misconduct, corruption, or extortion in public office.
"...Lord St. Vincent... hated Pitt and his administration (and) was working to impeach Lord Melville for malversation of the secret funds and to get him out of the Admiralty." -- Patrick O'Brian, "Post Captain"
Malversation comes, via French, from Latin male, "badly" + versari, "to be engaged in, to take part in."
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