Peculation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Civil Law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government intrusted to his care, to his own use or that of others. Domat, Supp. au. Dr. Pub. lib.
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In American Law. An offense defined by statute in New York, essentially the same as in the civil law.