depeculation
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A robbing or embezzling.
Examples
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Also robbery and depeculation of the public treasury or revenues is a greater crime than the robbing or defrauding of a private man, because to rob the public is to rob many at once; also the counterfeit usurpation of public ministry, the counterfeiting of public seals, or public coin, than counterfeiting of a private man's person or his seal, because the fraud thereof extendeth to the damage of many.
Note
The word 'depeculation' comes from a Latin word meaning 'to rob'.
