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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pec•u•late (pek′yə lāt′),USA pronunciation 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.
- Latin pecūlātus, equivalent. to pecūlā(rī) to embezzle, literally, to make public property private + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action. See peculiar, -ate1
- verb, verbal use of peculate embezzlement (now obsolete) 1740–50
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