peculation

Examples

• All

• The manifesto went on to complain of "the climate of shady business, peculation, and embezzlement" within the country and the military.

  Academic text (1997)

• Many of these highly sought-after loans were apparently subject to rampant peculation and fraud at the municipal level, at least according to the landless workers who were not eligible to acquire them.

  Academic text (1994)

• Their encumbrances and inefficiency, their expensiveness, and the numerous avenues to peculation and extortion which they open up are grievances that have brought complaints and remonstrances from all sections of the state.

  Academic text (2017)

• The accountant was caught in a scandal involving peculation, leading to his arrest for embezzlement.

• Reports of peculation within the organization raised concerns about its financial integrity.

• After the investigation revealed peculation by officials, the mayor promised to implement stricter oversight.

Synonyms

E

embezzlement

vspeculation

27 7.0

Taking money or goods that someone gave you to look after and using them for yourself

is specific to public or official misuse of entrusted assets

M

misappropriation

vspeculation

• Formal

5 8.6

Taking money or things you were trusted with and using them for yourself

is limited to acts by those in public or official positions

D

defalcation

vspeculation

• Formal

9.9

To take money or property you are trusted to manage without permission

is the same crime but emphasizes public or official capacity

B

breach of trust with fraudulent intent

vspeculation

• UK

9.9

A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself

highlights that the initial possession was lawful before later fraudulent taking

M

misapplication

vspeculation

• Formal

8.8

Using money or property given to you in a dishonest way for personal gain

is focused on public or official persons taking entrusted property fraudulently

Antonyms

R

restoration

98 3.4

The act of returning something to its original state

R

reimbursement

49 4.0

Money paid back to someone for costs they paid

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology