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Peculation N Stealing Esp Public Property Embezzlement Quay Side

Word peculation
Definition n. Stealing, esp. of public property; embezzlement.
Sentence The quay-side opinion in the Patna's home-port was that these two in the way of brazen peculation ‘had done together pretty well everything you can think of.’
Source
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, p. 23

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