p 3 e 1 c 3 u 1 l 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
originFrom Latin pecūlātiō (“embezzlement”) from pecūlor (“to defraud the public”), related to pecūlium (“property in cattle, private property”), from pecū (“cattle, money”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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