Definition of Peculate

Pec´u`late
v. i.1.To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
[imp. & p. p. Peculated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Peculating.]
An oppressive, . . . rapacious, and peculating despotism.
- Burke.


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