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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- apropriação indébita
- peculato
embezzlement means:
peculato
substantivo
partial
embezzlement
noun
Definitions of embezzlement
the act of stealing money that you have been trusted with or from the place where you work
A pair of tax workers made fake claims for disabled children as part of a quarter of a million pound embezzlement scam.