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Peculation

Peculation Meaning & Definition
Peculation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peculation?

[n] the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peculation: defalcation | embezzlement | misapplication | misappropriation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Peculation:

See Also | larceny | plunderage | raid | stealing | theft | thievery | thieving

Peculation In Webster's Dictionary

\Pec`u*la"tion\, n. The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement. Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculations has been ruined. --Burke.

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