PECULATIONS

Noun

peculations

plural of peculation

Anagrams

• placentious, speculation, spinoculate

Source: Wiktionary


PECULATION

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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