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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Peculated (0.00880 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Peculated.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peculate
peculate
v : 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” [syn:
embezzle,
defalcate,
misappropriate,
malversate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peculated
Peculate
\Pec"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Peculated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Peculating.] [L. peculatus, p. p. of peculari to
peculate, akin to peculium private property. See
Peculiar.]
To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public;
to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
[1913 Webster]
An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating
despotism. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
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