English-Thai Dictionary

malversation

N ความประพฤติ โกง ของ ข้าราชการ ต่อ รัฐ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MALVERSATION

n.[L. male, ill, and versor, to behave. ] Evil conduct; improper or wicked behavior; mean artifices, or fraudulent tricks.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALVERSATION

Mal `ver *sa "tion, n. Etym: [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. ]

 

Defn: Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

malversation

mal ver sa tion |ˌmalvərˈsāSHən ˌmælvərˈseɪʃən | ▶noun formal corrupt behavior in a position of trust, esp. in public office: ineptitude and malversation were major factors in the trouncing of the group's candidates. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, from malverser, from Latin male ‘badly ’ + versari ‘behave. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

malversation

malversation |ˌmalvəˈseɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] formal corrupt behaviour in a position of trust, especially in public office: a charge of malversation. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, from malverser, from Latin male ‘badly ’ + versari ‘behave ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Malversation

Mal ver sa ti on Substantiv, feminin österreichisch , die |Malversati o n |französisch Misswirtschaft, Unregelmäßigkeit

 

French Dictionary

malversation

malversation n. f. nom féminin Détournement de fonds. : Un administrateur coupable de malversation.