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- Dictionarypeculate/ˈpɛkjʊleɪt/
verb
- 1. embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds): formal "the people accused them of having peculated the public money"
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Peculate definition: to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.. See examples of PECULATE used in a sentence.
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noun. peculator. ˈpe-kyə-ˌlā-tər. noun. Word History. Etymology. Latin peculatus, past participle of peculari, from peculium. First Known Use. 1617, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of peculate was in 1617. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near peculate. peculate. peculiar.
To peculate is, of course, illegal — if you're caught, you can serve jail time. Peculate comes from the Latin word peculium, meaning private property, which itself has the root pecu, or cattle, so the literal meaning of peculium is "property in cattle."
Peculate means to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care, especially public funds. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples of peculate.
noun [ U ] LAW uk / ˌpekjʊˈleɪʃ ə n / us. Add to word list. the act of illegally taking or using money, especially public money, that you are responsible for managing: The cabinet minister is being held on charges of peculation of government funds.
Peculate means to embezzle or appropriate public money or property. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of peculate in English and Spanish, and see related words and examples.
verb transitive, verb intransitive Word forms: ˈpecuˌlated or ˈpecuˌlating. to steal or misuse (money or property entrusted to one's care, esp. public funds ); embezzle. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
