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dilapidation

  • \di.la.pi.da.sjɔ̃\

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Du latin dilapidatio.

noun dilapidations

  1. Action de dilapider. Lui, le père Henrouille, il avait été petit clerc chez un notaire au boulevard Sébastopol pendant cinquante ans. Aussi, en connaissait-il des histoires de dilapidations de fortunes !

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"dilapidation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/dilapidation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dilapidation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/dilapidation

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"dilapidation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/dilapidation.

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@misc{dilapidation_2026,
  title = {dilapidation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/dilapidation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}