Phil in SF quoted Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, …
Next week: another deputy minister caught out on charges of peculation, or whatever.
— Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) (84%)
New vocabulary: peculate
embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds)