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Embezzle
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peculate
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peculate \Pec"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peculated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Peculating .] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to peculate, akin to peculium private property. See Peculiar .] To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1749, from Latin peculatus , past participle of peculari "to embezzle," from peculum "private property," originally "cattle" (see peculiar ). Related: Peculated ; peculating ; peculator .\n\n
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" [syn: embezzle , defalcate , misappropriate , malversate ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Peculate is an American avant-garde metal and progressive metal band, formed in 2012. Peculate "combines metal, djent, jazz, contemporary classical, avant-garde, electronic, and experimental music together to create progressive music with punk sensibilities." ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To embezzle
Usage examples of peculate.
Browns peculates that William was making demands of his father, who was in the process of making his will, and that these demands were rejected by Andrew.
He'd picked up a rumor that the head cook was peculating, probably with the help of some of the victuallers that supplied the ship.
Father also suspects him of peculating Service funds, some kind of sleight-ofhand in shipbuilding contracts.
The Provisioning Committee is either peculating, or it is incompetent.
He did not have to class himself with the cheating captains he had heard about, with the peculating officers he had known.
Clearly he must have shifted the scene of his operations farther west, because a year later he plays an incredibly audacious, but not a very profitable part, in a serio-comic business in Manila Bay, in which a peculating governor and an absconding treasurer are the principal figures.