peculation

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.

Similar words

embezzlement misappropriation defalcation misapplication misspeculation abstraction cappabar usurpation stealing malappropriation

Often followed by

and of in or by was which on were

Word family

peculate peculated peculates peculating peculations peculator peculators