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Peculate

Webster's Dictionary

(v. i.) To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Peculate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/peculate.html. 1828.