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Verb
- 1. embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate, steal
- usage: 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"
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Definition and meaning of peculate (Dictionary)