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The answer PECULATE has 11 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of peculate in various dictionaries:
verb - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
verb - to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
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| To embezzle (funds) or engage in embezzlement. |
| embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds). |
| appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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Embezzlement is the act of withholding assets for the purpose of conversion (theft) of such assets, by one or more persons to whom the assets were entrusted, either to be held or to be used for specific purposes. Embezzlement is a type of financial fraud. For example, a lawyer might embezzle funds from the trust accounts of their clients; a financial advisor might embezzle the funds of investors; and a husband or a wife might embezzle funds from a bank account jointly held with the spouse. * Embezzlement usually is a premeditated crime, performed methodically, with precautions that conceal the criminal conversion of the property, which occurs without the knowledge or consent of the affected person. Often it involves the trusted individual embezzling only a small proportion of the total of the funds or resources they receive or control, in an attempt to minimize the risk of the detection of the misallocation of the funds or resources. When successful, embezzlements may continue for many y |