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peculation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peculation \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peculation n : the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: {embezzlement}, {defalcation}, {misapplication}, {misappropriation}]
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