[pek-yuh-leyt] 
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
| pec·u·late (pěk'yə-lāt') tr. & intr.v. pec·u·lat·ed, pec·u·lat·ing, pec·u·lates To embezzle (funds) or engage in embezzlement. [Latin pecūlārī, pecūlāt-, from pecūlium, private property; see peku- in Indo-European roots.] pec'u·la'tion n., pec'u·la'tor n. |
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