Meaning of PECULATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pekyu`leyt
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate |
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| | See Also: | | steal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating
despotism. --Burke.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, befoul, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate, divert, embezzle, foul, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, pervert, pilfer, pollute, profane, prostitute, violate |
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