Definition of Peculate

1. Verb. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use. "They peculate the money "; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

Exact synonyms: Defalcate, Embezzle, Malversate, Misappropriate
Specialized synonyms: Fiddle
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Defalcation, Defalcator, Embezzlement, Embezzler, Malversation, Misappropriation, Peculation, Peculator

Definition of Peculate

1. 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.

Definition of Peculate

1. to embezzle [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: embezzle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peculate

pectoriloquy
pectorodorsalis muscle
pectorodorsal muscle
pectorophony
pectose
pectose
pectoses
pectosic
pectostraca
pectous
pectus
pectus
pectus carinatum
pectus excavatum
pectus recurvatum
peculate (current term)
peculated
peculates
peculating
peculation
peculations
peculator
peculators
peculia
peculiar
peculiar
peculiar(a)
peculiarities
peculiarity
peculiarly

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