- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else Source: wordnet
- 3. 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. Source: webster
- 4. The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the publicby appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted toone's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculationshas been ruined. Burke. Source: adambom
- 5. n the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else Source: ecdict
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