peculate

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peculate
v. embezzle, steal

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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.

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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


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
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.
  

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peculate
v. a.
ہتھيانا, امانت ميں خيانت کرنا, خرد برد کرنا, غبن کرنا, چرانا, تغلب کرنا