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21mulct — / məlkt/ n [Latin multa mulcta]: fine penalty mulct vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. mulct …
22misappropriate — mis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmi sə prō prē ˌāt/ vt: to appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully (as by theft or embezzlement) mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion / ˌprō prē ā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
23purloin — pur·loin /pər lȯin, pər ˌlȯin/ vt: steal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. purloin …
24steal — vt stole, sto·len, steal·ing [Old English stelan]: to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of see also robbery, theft Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
25bilk — I verb appropriate fraudulently, bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chisel, circumvent, cozen, cully, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, elude, embezzle, ensnare, entangle, evade, exploit, foist upon, fool, fraud, hoax, hoodwink …
26cheat — I verb act dishonestly, be cunning, be dishonest, befool, beguile, betray, break faith, commit breach of trust, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, deprive of dishonestly, dissemble, dupe, embezzle, fraudare, ignore ethics, inveigle, lack honesty …
27rob — I verb appropriate illegally, burglarize, commit robbery, despoliare, exspoliare, hold up, loot, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pillage, plunder, purloin, seize, steal, take by force, take unlawful possession II index defalcate, deprive,… …
28peculation — [pɛkjʊ leɪʃ(ə)n] noun formal the embezzlement of public funds. Derivatives peculate verb peculator noun Origin C17: from L. peculat , peculari peculate …
29pe|cul´iar|ly — pe|cul|iar «pih KYOOL yuhr», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. out of the ordinary; strange; odd; unusual: »A woman s hat on a man s head looks peculiar. What a peculiar thing to say. It was peculiar that the fish market had no fish last Friday.… …
30pe|cul|iar — «pih KYOOL yuhr», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. out of the ordinary; strange; odd; unusual: »A woman s hat on a man s head looks peculiar. What a peculiar thing to say. It was peculiar that the fish market had no fish last Friday. SYNONYM(S):… …
