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单词 peculate
释义 peculate
 —peculation,  n.   —peculator,  n.  
 /pek"yeuh layt'/, v.t., v.i., peculated, peculating.
 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 obs.) < L peculatus, equiv. to pecula(ri) to embezzle, lit., to make public property private + -tus suffix of v. action. See PECULIAR, -ATE1]
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