Websters 1828 Dictionary
Peculate PEC'ULATE, v.i. [L. peculatus, peculor, from peculium, private property, from pecus, cattle.]
1. To defraud the public of money or goods entrusted to one's care, by appropriating the property to one's own use; to defraud by embezzlement.
2. Among civilians, to steal.
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