Peculate

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To embezzle. rare
  2. 2
    appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use wordnet

Synonyms

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embezzledefalcatedefalcateembezzlemisappropriatemisappropriate

Etymology

From Latin pecūlātus, past participle of pecūlor (“defraud, embezzle”).

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