| 单词 | peculate |
| 释义 | peculate —peculation, n. —peculator, n. /pek"yeuh layt'/, v.t., v.i., peculated, peculating. to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. [1740-50; v. use of peculate embezzlement (now obs.) < L peculatus, equiv. to pecula(ri) to embezzle, lit., to make public property private + -tus suffix of v. action. See PECULIAR, -ATE1] |
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