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peculate

🇬🇧 UK/'pekjuleit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGRE

Definitions

v.

To embezzle or misappropriate money or property entrusted to one's care

挪用,盗用,侵吞(公款)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
peculmoney, wealth
+
ateto make, having
=peculate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The treasurer was found to have peculated funds intended for charity.

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