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单词 peculation
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pec•u•late  (pekyə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
  1. to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care);
    embezzle.
  • Latin pecūlātus, equivalent. to pecūlā() 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
pec′u•lation, n. 
pecu•la′tor, n. 

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