yəˌleɪt verb (used with object), verb (used without object), pec·u·lat·ed, pec·u·lat·ing.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
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| —vb | |
| to appropriate or embezzle (public money) | |
| [C18: from Latin pecūlārī, from pecūlium private property (originally, cattle); see | |
| pecu'lation | |
| —n | |
| 'peculator | |
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peculate
1749, from L. peculatus, pp. of peculari "to embezzle," from peculum "private property" (see peculiar).
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