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pec·u·late (p

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tr. & intr.v. pec·u·lat·ed, pec·u·lat·ing, pec·u·lates

To embezzle (funds) or engage in embezzlement.

[Latin peclr, peclt-, from peclium, private property; see peku- in Indo-European roots.]

pecu·lation n.

pecu·lator n.

peculate [ˈpɛkjʊˌleɪt]

(Law) to appropriate or embezzle (public money)

[from Latin pecūlārī, from pecūlium private property (originally, cattle); see peculiar]

peculation n

peculator n

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Verb

peculate - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate

fiddle - commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"

steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

Translations

peculate [ˈpekjʊleɪt] VI → desfalcar

peculate (geh)

vi → öffentliche Gelder etc unterschlagen, Unterschlagungen begehen

vt money, funds etc → veruntreuen, unterschlagen

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His visit to Batavia he told me was to lay open to the Governor and Council of Batavia the impositions and the peculations of the Dutch at Pontiana and at Mompawa, and in consequence of his representations he got the Resident recalled and another put in his situation, but he says they still continued the same practices, cheating both the Company and the Malays.

Joseph Burn and Raffle's plan for a British Borneo by Smith, F. Andrew / Borneo Research Bulletin

His book is squarely in the tradition of Matthew Josephson's The Robber Barons, a colorful and well-written romp through the excesses, the peculations, and the moral outrages perpetrated by princes of high finance throughout the ages.

BEYOND THE BUBBLES by Morris, Charles R. / Commonweal

The personnel file may also contain references to earlier peculations that were misperceived as procedural exceptions.

Internal injury by Maule, W.D. / Security Management

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