Thesaurus: peculate

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1. v. i. To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
2. v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
3. To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle. An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism. Burke.
4. To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; tosteal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism. Burke.
5. v appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use