Peculation
121Maharaja Nandakumar — (died 1775; also called Nuncomar) was a Mughal Indian tax official best known for his connection with Warren Hastings. He learned Vaishnava from Radhamohana Thakura. He was appointed collector of Burdwan in 1764 in place of Hastings, which… …
122Thomas John Capel — Thomas Capel Religion Roman Catholic Personal Nationality British Citizen Born O …
123Publican — One who farmed the taxes (e.g., Zacchaeus, Luke 19:2) to be levied from a town or district, and thus undertook to pay to the supreme government a certain amount. In order to collect the taxes, the publicans employed subordinates (5:27; 15:1;… …
124peculate — I verb appropriate criminally, appropriate dishonestly, appropriate illegally, appropriate wrongfully, bilk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, divert, embezzle, misappropriate, mulct, obtain money on false pretenses, obtain under false pretenses,… …
125bad repute — I noun abasement, abjection, abjectness, abomination, allegation, amoralism, amorality, animadversion, antagonism, aspersion, attaint, bad character, bad influence, bad name, betrayal, calumniation, calumny, castigation, censoriousness, censure,… …
126misusage — I noun abuse, bad treatment, corruption, debasement, defilement, degradation, desecration, distortion, diversion, exploitation, force, ill treatment, ill usage, improper usage, improper use, impropriety, maladministration, malapropism,… …
127abuse — Synonyms and related words: abuse of office, addiction, afflict, aggrieve, assail, assailing, assault, atrocity, attack, bark at, batter, befoul, befoulment, belittle, berate, berating, betongue, betray, betrayal, bewitch, billingsgate, bitter… …
128conversion — Synonyms and related words: Fabianism, about face, abstraction, abuse, abuse of office, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, adoption, alteration, amelioration, annexation, apostasy, appropriation, architecture, assembly, befoulment, betterment …
