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verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
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peculate
1749, from L. peculatus, pp. of peculari "to embezzle," from peculum "private property" (see peculiar).
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