English to English
peculation
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noun (n)
- the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913