peculation

Significado (Inglês)

The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.

Conceitos

assalto

furto

roubo

apropriação

espoliação

desvio de verba

peculato

Apropriação indébita

Sinônimos

embezzlement

misappropriation

defalcation

thievery

misapplication

graft

intemperance

larceny

malpractice

malversation

pilferage

rip-off

shoplifting

stealing

theft

thieving

breaking and entering

abuse

embezzlement of public funds

Empty Quiver

thiefdom

break-in

purloinment

burglary

despoilment

estrangement

fraud

Traduções

Unterschlagung

détournement

appropriazione indebita

peculato

κατάχρηση

malversation

furt

desfalc

سلب

Raub

Plünderung

Aufriß

malversació

κλοπή

Diebstahl

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɛkjʊˈleɪʃən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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