Peculation

Definition: Peculation

Peculation

Noun

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

Date "peculation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Synonyms: Peculation

Synonyms: defalcation (n), embezzlement (n), misapplication (n), misappropriation (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Stealing	Peculation, embezzlement; fraud; larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

"Peculation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peculation" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

Language		Translations for "peculation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përvetësim (absorption, acquisition, appropriation, digestion, embezzlement, misappropriation), vjedhje (abduction, burglary, larceny, lift, picking, pinch, rapine, robbery, steal, stealing, stealth, theft, thievery, trousering), shpërdorim (abuse, malpractice, misappropriation, misuse, waste). (various references)

Arabic		‏إختلاس المال العام. (various references)

Bulgarian		злоупотребяване с пари, присвояване на пари. (various references)

Czech		zpronevìra (defalcation, disloyalty, embezzlement, malversation, misappropriation). (various references)

French		péculat, détournement de fonds. (various references)

German		Unterschlagung (defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, suppression, withholding). (various references)

Greek		κατάχρηση (abuse, defalcation, embezzlement, graft, intemperance, malpractice, malversation, misappropriation, overuse). (various references)

Hebrew		מעיל�" (embezzlement, fraud, fraudulent conversion, sacrilege, treachery). (various references)

Hungarian		sikkasztás (defalcation, embezzlement, fraudulent misuse of funds, misappropriation), hûtlen kezelés (embezzlement, fraudulence, fraudulency, misappropriation, misuse). (various references)

Italian		peculato (fraudulent conversion of public moneys, graft). (various references)

Pig Latin		eculationpay

Portuguese		defraudar o estado. (various references)

Romanian		deturnare de fonduri (defalcation, fraudulent misuse of funds), delapidare (defalcation, dilapidation, embezzlement, malversation, misappropriation, waste). (various references)

Russian		растрата (defalcation, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, misappropriation, squander), казнокрадство. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pronevera (defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation). (various references)

Spanish		peculado, malversación (abstraction, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, misappropriation, misuse). (various references)

Swedish		förskingring (breach of trust, defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, misappropriation of funds). (various references)

Turkish		zimmete geçirme (defalcation, malversation). (various references)

Ukranian		розтрата (defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation), казнокрадство. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tham ô (defacation, embezzlement, malversation, misappropriation), sự thụt két (defacation), sự biển thủ (embezzlement, misappropriation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "peculation": peculations. (additional references)
	Words ending with "peculation": antispeculation, overspeculation, speculation, superspeculation. (additional references)
	Words containing "peculation": overspeculations, speculations, superspeculations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Peculation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Epulario, pecutation, poculation, seculation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "peculation" (pronounced 'Pec`u*la"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-p-t-u"
	-1 letter: inculpate, inoculate.
	-2 letters: antipole, conepatl, copulate, leptonic, platonic, plutonic, poetical, poultice, unpoetic, unpolite.
	-3 letters: aconite, aloetic, alunite, apnoeic, apolune, auction, capelin, capitol, caption, cauline, caution, cleanup, coalpit, copulae, couplet, cutline, ectopia, elation, elution, entopic, inocula, lactone, lection, linecut, linocut, lunatic, nepotic, noctule, nuptial, octuple, opaline, optical, opulent, opuntia, outlain, outleap, outline, outpace, outplan.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-p-t-u"
	+1 letter: cupellation, exculpation, peculations, speculation.
	+2 letters: conduplicate, cupellations, exculpations, incomputable, inoperculate, postulancies, speculations, unapologetic.
	+3 letters: conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptualist, conceptuality, conceptualize, encapsulation, inoperculates, pneumatolytic, reduplication, republication, uncomplicated, unexceptional, unproblematic.
	+4 letters: conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualisms, conceptualists, conceptualized, conceptualizer, conceptualizes, encapsulations, nonspeculative, pertinaciously, prepublication, recapitulation, reduplications, republications, ultraprecision.
	+5 letters: antispeculation, conceptualising, conceptualistic, conceptualities, conceptualizers, conceptualizing, hyperfunctional, neuropathically, neuropathologic, overspeculating, overspeculation, prepublications, recapitulations, reconceptualize, ultraprecisions, uncomplimentary, uncopyrightable, unexceptionable, unexceptionably.
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