peculation
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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.
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Etymology
From Latin pecūlātiō (“embezzlement”) from pecūlor (“to defraud the public”), related to pecūlium (“property in cattle, private property”), from pecū (“cattle, money”).
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