peculation

The act of peculating; the crime of appropriating to one’s own use money or goods intrusted to one’s care; embezzlement; defalcation.

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.

The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.

the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else