What is another word for peculation?
Possible synonyms include embezzlement, misappropriation, defalcation, misapplication.
(law, chiefly historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
Depending on context, synonyms include embezzlement, misappropriation, defalcation, misapplication.
Related dictionary entries include embezzlement, misappropriation, defalcation, misapplication, misspeculation, abstraction.
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Possible synonyms include embezzlement, misappropriation, defalcation, misapplication.
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