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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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