The bank was of course stopped on thedefalcations coming to light, the books were called in, and the trustees sought the advice of the Government officials, as to transferring the business to the Post Office.
In the course of two or three weeks the trustees made the announcement of the defalcations to the public, with what result may be better imagined than described.
He had already led the Democratic members successfully against a paper-money scheme, the prime object of which was to cover up defalcations of Robinson, the treasurer of the colony.
Henry foresaw the evils of this scheme, and his wisdom was made manifest, when, in the following year, Robinson died, and his defalcations were made known.
The cause of it was some very unpleasant defalcations in our firm.
Rumours were abroad that serious defalcations had been discovered in one of the insurance offices, but it was long before the public realised that the fraudulent clerk and the great theatrical manager were one and the same person.
Great excitement prevailed in the city and the West End when Redpath's defalcations were made public.
The desire for a clergyman, or even for a lawyer, passed away from his mind; he forgot the majority of his sins and his aspirations, and the need for restoring the defalcations to Jim Horrocleave seemed considerably less urgent.
He had not even restored the defalcationsin Horrocleave's petty cash.
The present generation has become tolerably familiar withdefalcations and robberies involving enormous sums.
He knew, as everybody else knew, the relations in which the police stood to the thieves, and he felt that if he could arrange to have his own bank robbed, his difficulties would vanish, and his share in the defalcations be covered up.
Defalcations had been discovered to the amount of nearly a million dollars, due mainly to carelessness and gross inefficiency.
At the time of which I am now speaking, defalcations were quite rare as yet.
In fine, it appeared that the sum total of his defalcations amounted to some eighty thousand dollars.
Thanks to false entries, I have been able to conceal my defalcations until now; but I can do so no longer.
Rumours were abroad that serious defalcations had been discovered in one of the insurance offices, but it was long before the public realized that the fraudulent clerk and the great theatrical manager were one and the same person.
When the defalcations of Treasurer Robinson came to be suspected, Mr. Lee, like Patrick Henry on another occasion of the same kind, insisted with firmness on an investigation of the state of the treasury.
A] When the defalcations of Treasurer Robinson came to be suspected, Mr. Lee insisted with firmness, in the face of a proud and embittered opposition, on an investigation of the treasury.
In those articles, no reference whatever was made to Lord Melville's supposed complicity with Jellicoe; nor, on the trial that followed, was any reference made to the defalcations of that official.
These conditions led to careless supervision and defalcations even in high positions; the Barrack Master-General, General Oliver de Lancey, was dismissed from the Army after a Commission had investigated his accounts.
Father said one day at table that the old fellow had overstepped the mark and owing to some defalcations had gone to prison.
The books will be audited next week and my defalcations discovered.
All hope had left him, for his defalcations must be discovered and the directors would, without a doubt, prosecute him.
All of them were accused of defalcations of the Crown revenues.
But he had to speak of the loss--of the serious defalcations which Maitland had committed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "defalcations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
