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Peculate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Peculate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

To embezzle

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
steal
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fiddle
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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