Peculation - Law Dictionary Search Results
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peculation [Late Latin peculation- peculatio, from Latin peculari to embezzle, from peculium private property, from pecu cattle] : misappropriation esp. of public funds ...
Peculation
The act or practice of peculating or of defrauding the public by appropriating to ones own use the money or goods intrusted to ones care for management or disbursement embezzlement...
Peculator
One who peculates...
Defrauder
One who defrauds a cheat an embezzler a peculator...
Pecul
See Picul...
Peculate
To appropriate to ones own use the property of the public to steal public moneys intrusted to ones care to embezzle...
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