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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.