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† deˈpeculate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. dēpeculārī to despoil, pillage, plunder, f. de- I. 1 + peculārī to embezzle, peculate.]
trans. To plunder by peculation: said of public officials.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 319 He..left Syria in his short Lieutenancy miserably exhausted and depeculated. 1648C. Walker Hist. Independ. i. 155 The Prætor of Sardinia being sentenced for depeculating and Robbing that Province. |