peculationn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌpɛkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin peculatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin peculatio embezzlement of public money or property (5th cent.) < classical Latin pecūlārī peculate v. + -ātio -ation suffix. Compare earlier peculate n., and later peculate v.

Somewhat formal in later use.

The appropriation of money or property held in trust for another by a servant, employee, or official; esp. the embezzlement of public funds belonging to a ruler, state, or government. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun]

misnimming?c1225

embezzlement1548

malversationc1550

falsity1581

misapplication1607

interverting1614

peculate1617

peculation1658

abstracting1669

plunderage1700

interversiona1754

conveyancing1754

misappropriation1794

abstraction1823

defalcation1832

malappropriation1848

teeming and lading1859

boodlery1886

bobol1907

chop-chop1966

liberation1966

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Peculation, a robbing of the Prince or Common-wealth.

1732 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1094/2 Do they punish Bribery and Peculation in their own Creatures and Friends?

1779 J. Watt Let. 3 Mar. in Partners in Sci. (1970) 56 The person in Office there has either been guilty of peculation or of gross neglect of duty.

1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Mar. 238 [He] had just forwarded to the Committee written proof of peculations committed by Fouché de Nantes.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §9. 700 Marlborough was dismissed from his command, charged with peculation, and condemned.

1950 New Yorker 30 Sept. 32/2 Mrs. Elkin's voice dropped to the low, gemütlich whisper reserved for obstetrics, cancer, and the peculations of servant girls.

1994 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 22/1 It would no longer tolerate a form of politics that favoured politicians above people and peculation above principles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peculation
释义	peculationn. Brit. /ˌpɛkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpɛkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin peculatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin peculatio embezzlement of public money or property (5th cent.) < classical Latin pecūlārī peculate v. + -ātio -ation suffix. Compare earlier peculate n., and later peculate v. Somewhat formal in later use. The appropriation of money or property held in trust for another by a servant, employee, or official; esp. the embezzlement of public funds belonging to a ruler, state, or government. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun] misnimming?c1225 embezzlement1548 malversationc1550 falsity1581 misapplication1607 interverting1614 peculate1617 peculation1658 abstracting1669 plunderage1700 interversiona1754 conveyancing1754 misappropriation1794 abstraction1823 defalcation1832 malappropriation1848 teeming and lading1859 boodlery1886 bobol1907 chop-chop1966 liberation1966 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Peculation, a robbing of the Prince or Common-wealth. 1732 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1094/2 Do they punish Bribery and Peculation in their own Creatures and Friends? 1779 J. Watt Let. 3 Mar. in Partners in Sci. (1970) 56 The person in Office there has either been guilty of peculation or of gross neglect of duty. 1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Mar. 238 [He] had just forwarded to the Committee written proof of peculations committed by Fouché de Nantes. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §9. 700 Marlborough was dismissed from his command, charged with peculation, and condemned. 1950 New Yorker 30 Sept. 32/2 Mrs. Elkin's voice dropped to the low, gemütlich whisper reserved for obstetrics, cancer, and the peculations of servant girls. 1994 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 22/1 It would no longer tolerate a form of politics that favoured politicians above people and peculation above principles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658
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