malversationn.

Brit.

/ˌmalvəˈseɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌmælvərˈseɪʃən/

Forms: 1600s– malversation; Scottish pre-1700 maleversatioune, pre-1700 malewersation, pre-1700 malliversation, pre-1700 maluersatione, pre-1700 malversatione, pre-1700 malvirsatioune, pre-1700 1700s– malversation.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French malversation.

Etymology: < Middle French malversation (1387) < malverser (first attested only mid 16th cent.) or its etymon post-classical Latin maleversari (see malverse v.) + Middle French -ation -ation suffix.

1. Corrupt behaviour in a commission, office, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun]

misnimming?c1225

embezzlement1548

malversationc1550

falsity1581

misapplication1607

interverting1614

peculate1617

peculation1658

abstracting1669

plunderage1700

interversiona1754

conveyancing1754

misappropriation1794

abstraction1823

defalcation1832

malappropriation1848

teeming and lading1859

boodlery1886

bobol1907

chop-chop1966

liberation1966

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt

corruptionc1425

misusage1532

malversationc1550

maladministration1639

mismanagement1659

malconduct1684

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 126 Quhen the pepil disobeyis thy gude doctryne throucht the euyl exempil of thy maluersatione thou sal be mair doubil puneist nor tha sal be.

1669 A. Marvell Let. 9 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 89 The criminall part of what is reported by the Com^rs concerning his malversation in his Office.

1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 648 Prosecutions and suspections in relation to great malversations he was charged with.

1776–83 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies I. 370 The malversations that prevail in the manufactures, magazines, docks and arsenals at Batavia..are scarcely to be paralleled.

1811 Duke of Wellington Let. to Gordon 12 June in Dispatches (1837) VIII. 6 Those malversations in office; those neglects of duty..are passed unnoticed.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §9. 561 Charges of malversation and corruption were hurled at the members of the House.

1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 14 I see nothing quite conclusive in the art of temporal government, But violence, duplicity and frequent malversation.

1992 Time 15 June 44/2 P.L.O. ineptitude and malversation were major factors in the trouncing of the group's candidates in seven of the eight elections for Palestinian bodies.

2. Corrupt administration of something. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt > corrupt administration of something

malversation1706

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. vi Bringing in a Foreign Power to question him for Malversation of Government.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 183 The kingdom was reduced to the utmost danger..as much by malversation of its government, as by the armies of Edward III.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 133 The inquiry into the malversation of the finances.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. v. 125 Cardonnel was turned out of the House of Commons..for malversation of publick money.

1881 W. Black Sunrise III. xi. 172 Malversation of justice amongst those in a high grade.

2002 special.scmp.com 4 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) [The] senators who voted to approve the measure added tough conditions to differentiate the crime of plunder from simple graft or malversation of public funds.

†3. gen. Evil conduct. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil conduct > [noun]

unkindheadc1325

unkindnessc1390

disnaturalness1430

unnaturalness1534

unnaturality1548

sluttery1648

malversation1752

doggery1844

Schweinerei1896

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]

fiend-thewsc1275

misgovernancec1375

misusing1395

misrule?1406

misgovernmentc1450

misguiding1480

thowlessness1489

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

prevarication1561

misguide1596

malconduct1684

misconduct1717

malversation1752

misdealing1851

1752 J. MacSparran Amer. Dissected (1753) 12 Though some of the Felons do reform, yet they are so few, that their Malversation has a bad Effect upon the Morals of the lower Class of Inhabitants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malversation
释义	malversationn. Brit. /ˌmalvəˈseɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmælvərˈseɪʃən/ Forms: 1600s– malversation; Scottish pre-1700 maleversatioune, pre-1700 malewersation, pre-1700 malliversation, pre-1700 maluersatione, pre-1700 malversatione, pre-1700 malvirsatioune, pre-1700 1700s– malversation. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French malversation. Etymology: < Middle French malversation (1387) < malverser (first attested only mid 16th cent.) or its etymon post-classical Latin maleversari (see malverse v.) + Middle French -ation -ation suffix. 1. Corrupt behaviour in a commission, office, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun] misnimming?c1225 embezzlement1548 malversationc1550 falsity1581 misapplication1607 interverting1614 peculate1617 peculation1658 abstracting1669 plunderage1700 interversiona1754 conveyancing1754 misappropriation1794 abstraction1823 defalcation1832 malappropriation1848 teeming and lading1859 boodlery1886 bobol1907 chop-chop1966 liberation1966 society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt corruptionc1425 misusage1532 malversationc1550 maladministration1639 mismanagement1659 malconduct1684 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 126 Quhen the pepil disobeyis thy gude doctryne throucht the euyl exempil of thy maluersatione thou sal be mair doubil puneist nor tha sal be. 1669 A. Marvell Let. 9 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 89 The criminall part of what is reported by the Com^rs concerning his malversation in his Office. 1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 648 Prosecutions and suspections in relation to great malversations he was charged with. 1776–83 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies I. 370 The malversations that prevail in the manufactures, magazines, docks and arsenals at Batavia..are scarcely to be paralleled. 1811 Duke of Wellington Let. to Gordon 12 June in Dispatches (1837) VIII. 6 Those malversations in office; those neglects of duty..are passed unnoticed. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §9. 561 Charges of malversation and corruption were hurled at the members of the House. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 14 I see nothing quite conclusive in the art of temporal government, But violence, duplicity and frequent malversation. 1992 Time 15 June 44/2 P.L.O. ineptitude and malversation were major factors in the trouncing of the group's candidates in seven of the eight elections for Palestinian bodies. 2. Corrupt administration of something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt > corrupt administration of something malversation1706 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. vi Bringing in a Foreign Power to question him for Malversation of Government. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 183 The kingdom was reduced to the utmost danger..as much by malversation of its government, as by the armies of Edward III. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 133 The inquiry into the malversation of the finances. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. v. 125 Cardonnel was turned out of the House of Commons..for malversation of publick money. 1881 W. Black Sunrise III. xi. 172 Malversation of justice amongst those in a high grade. 2002 special.scmp.com 4 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) [The] senators who voted to approve the measure added tough conditions to differentiate the crime of plunder from simple graft or malversation of public funds. †3. gen. Evil conduct. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil conduct > [noun] unkindheadc1325 unkindnessc1390 disnaturalness1430 unnaturalness1534 unnaturality1548 sluttery1648 malversation1752 doggery1844 Schweinerei1896 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 1752 J. MacSparran Amer. Dissected (1753) 12 Though some of the Felons do reform, yet they are so few, that their Malversation has a bad Effect upon the Morals of the lower Class of Inhabitants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1550
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