Definition of peculation

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Peculation (n.) The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement..

Lern More About Peculation

Dilettant :: Dilettant (a.) Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..
Philosophation :: Philosophation (n.) Philosophical speculation and discussion.
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble..
Deal :: Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Examination by the eye; view.
Theorization :: Theorization (n.) The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
Venture :: Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Daydream :: Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..
Finedrawn :: Finedrawn (a.) Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits..
Peculation :: Peculation (n.) The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Power of sight.
Rush :: Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation..
Theory :: Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act of speculating.
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