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Peculate (Verb)

Meaning

Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Defalcate
  • Misappropriate
  • Embezzle
  • Malversate

Hypernyms

  • Rip Off
  • Steal

Hyponyms

  • Fiddle

Related Words

  • Peculation (noun)
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