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noun
The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misappropriation, embezzlement
noun
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: embezzlement, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Narrower terms: raid, plunderage
History
From Latin pecūlātiō (“embezzlement”) from pecūlor (“to defraud the public”), related to pecūlium (“property in cattle, private property”), from pecū (“cattle, money”).
