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    peculate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word peculate

    Definition
    (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
    Example Sentence
    • The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
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He embezzled the money by putting it under his shirt, against his pecks

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peculate=peck(large amount)+ late;it seems that the person was late in returning the large funds of the public as he had embezzled it.

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