"peculate" meaning in All languages combined

See peculate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-peculate.wav Forms: peculates [present, singular, third-person], peculating [participle, present], peculated [participle, past], peculated [past]
Etymology: From Latin pecūlātus, past participle of pecūlor (“defraud, embezzle”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peḱ- (livestock)}}, {{der|en|la|pecūlātus}} Latin pecūlātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} peculate (third-person singular simple present peculates, present participle peculating, simple past and past participle peculated)
  1. (rare) To embezzle. Tags: rare Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate Related terms: peculation, peculator
    Sense id: en-peculate-en-verb-VD59YvXF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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