| 单词 | peculating |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpeculating ˈpeculating adj. that practises embezzlement or peculation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [adjective] peculating1744 peculative1779 peculant1853 1744 W. King Scamnum (ed. 2) 21 Are these too slight? a Rope of Hemp then weave, And say, 'tis for a Peculating Knave. 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1815) IV. 93 An oppressive..rapacious, and peculating despotism, with a direct disavowal of obedience to any authority at home..is..the state of your charter-government over great kingdoms. 1895 Athenæum 7 Sept. 328/1 [The endowments have] long since vanished, no doubt, into the pockets of peculating pashas. 1989 Philos. Perspectives 3 420 A Mafia hit-man is dispatched to kill a peculating minor functionary of that organization. < as lemmas |
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