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Definition of Peculate
1. Verb. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use. "They peculate the money "; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
Specialized synonyms: Fiddle
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Defalcation, Defalcator, Embezzlement, Embezzler, Malversation, Misappropriation, Peculation, Peculator
Definition of Peculate
1. v. i. To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
Definition of Peculate
1. Verb. To embezzle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peculate
1. to embezzle [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: embezzle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peculate
Literary usage of Peculate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, John Davenport, Guglielmo Comelati (1873)
"(t. di To peculate, т. n. 1. ester colpe'nole di peculate ... di peculate.
Peculiar, 9. 1. ..."
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