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peculation
 
Noun peculation has 1 sense
  1. embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    --1 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
    --1 has particulars: raid; plunderage
    Derived form: verb peculate1
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