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Webster 1913 Edition

Peculation

Pecˊu-la′tion

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Noun.
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.
Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of
peculations
has been ruined.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peculation

PECULA'TION

,
Noun.
The act, practice or crime of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods entrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement of public money or goods.

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