What part of speech is peculating?

Peculating can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. peculating is a verb, gerund of peculate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) peculate

peculate / peculates

peculated

peculated

peculating

Infinitive: (to) peculate
Present: peculate / peculates
Simple Past: peculated
Past Participle: (have) peculated
Gerund: peculating

What does peculating mean?

Definitions

Verb
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"

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