Definition of peculate Peculate
pec•u•late
We found 5 definitions of peculate from 5 different sources.
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What does peculate mean?
WordNet
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| peculate - 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" | ||
| embezzle, defalcate, misappropriate, malversate | ||
| steal steal a base | ||
| fiddle play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- peculate (Verb)
To embezzle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- peculate (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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peculate
pek′ū-lāt, v.t. to take for one's own use money or property entrusted to one's care: to embezzle: to steal.—ns. Peculā′tion; Pec′ulātor. [L. peculāri, -ātus—pecūlium, private property, akin to pecunia, money.]
Part of speech
🔤- peculate, verb, present, 1st person singular of peculate (infinitive).
- peculate, verb (infinitive).
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