| 单词 | peculate |
| 释义 | peculate[ pek-yuh-leyt ] / ˈpɛk yəˌleɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR peculate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with or without object), pec·u·lat·ed, pec·u·lat·ing.to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. Origin of peculateFirst recorded in 1740–50; verb use of peculate “embezzlement” (now obsolete), from Latin past participle and noun pecūlātus “embezzled; embezzlement,” equivalent to pecūlā(rī) ) “to embezzle,” literally, “to make public property private” + -tus suffix of verbal action, derivative of pecu “wealth, livestock, movable property”; see origin at peculiar, -ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM peculatepec·u·la·tion, nounpec·u·la·tor, nounun·pec·u·lat·ing, adjectiveWords nearby peculatepectous, pectus, pectus carinatum, pectus excavatum, pectus recurvatum, peculate, peculiar, peculiar institution, peculiarity, peculiarize, peculiar people Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for peculate
British Dictionary definitions for peculatepeculate / (ˈpɛkjʊˌleɪt) / verbto appropriate or embezzle (public money) Derived forms of peculatepeculation, nounpeculator, nounWord Origin for peculateC18: from Latin pecūlārī, from pecūlium private property (originally, cattle); see peculiar Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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