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PECULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Synonyms:
defalcation; embezzlement; misapplication; misappropriation; peculation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("peculation" is a kind of...):
larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peculation"):
raid (an attempt by speculators to defraud investors)
plunderage (the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard))
Derivation:
peculate (appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use)
