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Peculate   Listen
verb
Peculate  v. i.  (past & past part. peculated; pres. part. peculating)  To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle. "An oppressive,... rapacious, and peculating despotism."






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Words linked to "Peculate" :   malversate, fiddle, misappropriate, steal, defalcate



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