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.
Examples
- The corrupt government official was found to peculate large sums of public funds and use them for personal gain.
- She was accused of peculating money from the non-profit organization she led for many years.
- It was discovered that the mayor had peculated a significant portion of the city's budget to finance his own business ventures.
- He was fired after it was revealed that he had peculated thousands of dollars from his company's accounts.
- The charity's auditor was dismayed to find that the director had been peculating donations meant for disaster relief.