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malversation

/mælvəˈseɪʃən/

malversation noun: corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority.

Noun

malversation (countable and uncountable, plural malversations)

  1. Corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority.
    • the euyl exempil of ther maluersatione prouokyt the pepil til adhere to vice & to detest vertu.1549, chapter XIX, in The Complaynt of Scotland
    • The Decreet was for Sallary, and it was offered to be proven, that Rue (for his Malverſation) was by warrand from General Monk, excluded from Collection that year.1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548

malversation meaning in Tamil and Urdu

malversation in Tamil

செயலாட்சிக்கேடு, நிதி, நிதி தவறாளுகை, நிதி மோசடி

malversation in Urdu

بدانتظامی, رشوت خوری

Forms of malversation

pluralmalversations

Origin of malversation

From French malversation, from malverser, from Latin male versari (“behave badly”). Compare Spanish malversación (“embezzlement”).

Questions about malversation

What does malversation mean?
Malversation means corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority.
What is malversation in Tamil?
Malversation in Tamil is செயலாட்சிக்கேடு, நிதி, நிதி தவறாளுகை. See Malversation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is malversation?
Malversation is a noun.
How do you pronounce malversation?
Malversation is pronounced /mælvəˈseɪʃən/.
What is the plural of malversation?
The plural of malversation is malversations.

Words near malversation in the dictionary

  1. Malvern puddings
  2. Malvern Wells
  3. Malverne
  4. Malvernian
  5. Malvernians
  6. malversation
  7. malversations
  8. malverse
  9. malvertisement
  10. malvertisements
  11. malvertising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: malversation (page history and authors); malversation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malversation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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