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Peculate

verb
(past & past part. peculated; pres. part. peculating)
1.
Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.  Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate.






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"Peculate" Quotes from Famous Books



... consequences of this proceeding. We have shown what passed within the walls of the seraglio, and what tyranny was exercised by this woman over the multitude of women there. I shall now show your Lordships in what manner she made use of her power over the supreme judicature, to peculate, and to destroy the country; and I shall adduce, as proofs of this abuse of her authority, the facts I am about to relate, and of which there is evidence before ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XII. (of XII.) • Edmund Burke



Words linked to "Peculate" :   peculation, defalcate, fiddle, peculator, steal



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