About The Word Peculation
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Peculation
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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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