Definition of peculates Peculates
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What does peculates mean?
Part of speech
š¤- peculates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of peculate (infinitive).
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 š
- 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 š
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peculate
pekā²Å«-lÄt, v.t. to take for one's own use money or property entrusted to one's care: to embezzle: to steal.āns. PeculÄā²tion; Pecā²ulÄtor. [L. peculÄri, -ÄtusāpecÅ«lium, private property, akin to pecunia, money.]
Part of speech
š¤- peculate, verb, present, 1st person singular of peculate (infinitive).
- peculate, verb (infinitive).
