peculate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
peculate
v.
embezzle, steal
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is an act of dishonestly withholding assets for the purpose of
conversion (
theft) of such assets, by one or more persons to whom the assets were entrusted, either to be held or to be used for specific purposes. Embezzlement is a type of financial
fraud, e.g. a
lawyer might embezzle funds from the trust accounts of his or her clients; a
financial advisor might embezzle the funds of investors; and a husband or a wife might embezzle funds from a bank account jointly held with the
spouse.
peculate
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"
(synonym) embezzle, defalcate, misappropriate, malversate
(hypernym) steal
(hyponym) fiddle
(derivation) embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
Peculate
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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v. a.
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