Comparative law notes
"Peculato" (section 312 of the Brazilian Penal Code) is the stealing of money or other personal property by a civil servant holding such money or personal property by virtue of their office.
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- autor do crime de apropriação indébita
- autor do crime de peculato
embezzler means:
autor do crime de peculato
substantivo
partial
embezzler
noun
Definitions of embezzler
a person who secretly takes money they are in charge of or that belongs to an organization or business they work for
An embezzler has been ordered to sell his stamp collection to repay nearly £70,000 he stole from two churches.