| n. | 1. | 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. |
| Noun | 1. | peculation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
PECULATION, civil law. The unlawful appropriation by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government entrusted to his care, to his own use or that of others. Domat, Suppl. au Droit Public, liv. 3, tit. 5.
defalcate, defalcation, embezzle, embezzlement, larceny, malversate, misapplication, misappropriate, misappropriation, peculate, plunderage, raid, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving