Definitions for: Peculate


[v] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate

See Also: steal

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