noun
- acts of stealing or misappropriating money or property entrusted to one’s care, especially by a person in a position of trust
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The audit revealed several peculations by the former treasurer.
- His peculations from the charity fund totaled over fifty thousand dollars.
- The company implemented new oversight measures to prevent future peculations.
- She was convicted of multiple peculations during her tenure as city clerk.
- The investigation uncovered a pattern of peculations spanning several years.
- Internal controls were strengthened after the discovery of these peculations.