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peculate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 public moneys intrusted to one's care to embezzle. An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peculate v : appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use [syn: {embezzle}, {misappropriate}]
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