peculation
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. κλοπή, ἡ. Be accused of peculation: P. εὐθύνας ὀφλισκάνειν; see embezzlement. Having been guilty of large peculations from you: P. οὐκ ὀλίγα τῶν ὑμετερῶν ὑφῃρημένος (Lys. 142).
