1) Anagram for unpoetical 2) Common inside crime 3) Defalcation 4) Embezzlement 5) Larceny 6) Misapplication 7) Misappropriation 8) Stealing 9) Theft 10) Thievery 11) Thieving 1) Embezzlement 2) Misappropriation 3) Plunderage 4) Theft 
n. misappropriation of public (government) funds or property.
embezzlement
• (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.
It refers to illegal, unauthorised and defrauding use of the public or government property for personal use.
Pec`u·la'tion noun 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. « Every British subject . . . active in the discovery of peculations has been ruined.&...
Misappropriation of government funds or property.
peculation The appropriation of public money or property by someone in an official position; the embezzlement of money or goods entrusted to his care.