Synonyms for peculation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pek-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛk yəˌleɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for peculation Other synonyms for the word peculation
- abstraction
- annexation
- appropriation
- caper
- cheating
- defalcation
- defrauding
- deprivation
- filch
- filching
- fleece
- gain
- grab
- hat
- hush money
- hustle
- job
- juice
- larceny
- lift
- looting
- misapplication
- misappropriation
- misuse
- money
- money under the table
- mugging
- pay
- payola
- peculation
- pilferage
- pilfering
- pillage
- pinch
- piracy
- plunder
- purloining
- racket
- rapacity
- rip-off
- robbery
- robbing
- score
- shake
- share
- shoplifting
- skimming
- snatch
- snitch
- squeeze
- steal
- stickup
- swindle
- swindling
- swiping
- theft
- thievery
- thieving
- touch
- vandalism
Définition of peculation
Origin :- 1650s, noun of action from Latin peculari (see peculate).
- As in theft : noun stealing
- As in embezzlement : noun stealing money, often from employer
- As in graft : noun payoff for fraud
- A striking instance of their peculation appeared in a circumstance that was connected with the British Embassy.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
- Peculation, bankruptcy, and mutiny had done their work at last.
- Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
- She replied that if his Highness's presents were accounted to her as peculation, she had been guilty.
- Extract from : « A German Pompadour » by Marie Hay
- Torreno is the ablest man, but he has injured his character by peculation.
- Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs » by Charles C. F. Greville
- There was waste, of course, as well as injustice and peculation.
- Extract from : « The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2) » by Justin H. Smith
- Mismanagement and peculation had been as rife there as in Bengal.
- Extract from : « A History of England, Period III. » by Rev. J. Franck Bright
- Specific charges of peculation and wrong management are frequent.
- Extract from : « The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 » by Various
- Bribery was the instrument of government, and peculation its reward.
- Extract from : « Science and Education » by Thomas H. Huxley
- They have no compunction about robbing their government by peculation, but treachery is not their mtier.
- Extract from : « Command » by William McFee
- But this reign of peculation and oppression was fast drawing to a close.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 2 of 2) » by George Warburton
Antonyms for peculation
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