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Peculation

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Peculation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/peculation.html. 1828.