There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
PECULATION
embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
(noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peculation (countable and uncountable, plural peculations)
(legal, chiefly, historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
Usage notes
• Embezzlement is the usual term used for this crime in modern laws.
Anagrams
• cupelation, unpoetical
Source: Wiktionary
Pec`u*la"tion, n.
Definition: The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement. Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculations has been ruined. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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