depeculation

English

Etymology

From Latin depeculari, past participle depeculatus (“to rob”). See peculate.

Noun

depeculation (countable and uncountable, plural depeculations)

1. (obsolete) robbery or embezzlement.
   • 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:

     depeculation of the public treasure

References

“depeculation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.