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Webster 1913 Edition

Peculate

Pec′u-late

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peculate

PEC'ULATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. peculatus, peculor, from peculium, private property, from pecus, cattle.]
1.
To defraud the public of money or goods entrusted to one's care, by appropriating the property to one's own use; to defraud by embezzlement.
2.
Among civilians, to steal.

Definition 2024

peculate

peculate

English

Verb

peculate ‎(third-person singular simple present peculates, present participle peculating, simple past and past participle peculated)

  1. To embezzle

Synonyms

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Etymology

Latin peculatus.

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