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peculate vt.
vi. 挪用,盗用 挪用,盗用 peculate v 1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" [synonym: {embezzle}, {defalcate}, {peculate}, {misappropriate}, {malversate}] Peculate \Pec"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peculating}.] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to peculate, akin to peculium private property. See {Peculiar}.] To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle. [1913 Webster] An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for "peculate":
abuse, befoul, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate, divert, embezzle, foul, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, pervert, pilfer, pollute, profane, prostitute, violate
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