peculate

pec·u·late

P0142400 (pĕk′yə-lāt′)tr. & intr.v. pec·u·lat·ed, pec·u·lat·ing, pec·u·lates To embezzle (funds) or engage in embezzlement.

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[Latin pecūlārī, pecūlāt-, from pecūlium, private property; see peku- in Indo-European roots.]

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pec′u·la′tion n.pec′u·la′tor n.

peculate

(ˈpɛkjʊˌleɪt) vb (Law) to appropriate or embezzle (public money)[C18: from Latin pecūlārī, from pecūlium private property (originally, cattle); see peculiar] ˌpecuˈlation n ˈpecuˌlator n

pec•u•late

(ˈpɛk yəˌleɪt)

v.t., v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. [1740–50; v. use of peculate embezzlement (now obsolete) < Latin pecūlātus, derivative of pecūlā(rī) to embezzle] pec`u•la′tion, n.

peculate

Past participle: peculated
Gerund: peculating

Imperative
peculate
peculate

Present
I peculate
you peculate
he/she/it peculates
we peculate
you peculate
they peculate

Preterite
I peculated
you peculated
he/she/it peculated
we peculated
you peculated
they peculated

Present Continuous
I am peculating
you are peculating
he/she/it is peculating
we are peculating
you are peculating
they are peculating

Present Perfect
I have peculated
you have peculated
he/she/it has peculated
we have peculated
you have peculated
they have peculated

Past Continuous
I was peculating
you were peculating
he/she/it was peculating
we were peculating
you were peculating
they were peculating

Past Perfect
I had peculated
you had peculated
he/she/it had peculated
we had peculated
you had peculated
they had peculated

Future
I will peculate
you will peculate
he/she/it will peculate
we will peculate
you will peculate
they will peculate

Future Perfect
I will have peculated
you will have peculated
he/she/it will have peculated
we will have peculated
you will have peculated
they will have peculated

Future Continuous
I will be peculating
you will be peculating
he/she/it will be peculating
we will be peculating
you will be peculating
they will be peculating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been peculating
you have been peculating
he/she/it has been peculating
we have been peculating
you have been peculating
they have been peculating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been peculating
you will have been peculating
he/she/it will have been peculating
we will have been peculating
you will have been peculating
they will have been peculating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been peculating
you had been peculating
he/she/it had been peculating
we had been peculating
you had been peculating
they had been peculating

Conditional
I would peculate
you would peculate
he/she/it would peculate
we would peculate
you would peculate
they would peculate

Past Conditional
I would have peculated
you would have peculated
he/she/it would have peculated
we would have peculated
you would have peculated
they would have peculated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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, misappropriatefiddle - 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

commettere peculatopeculato