Associations to the word «Peculation»

Wiktionary

PECULATION, noun. (legal) (chiefly historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.

Dictionary definition

PECULATION, noun. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras