peculate
/pek-yuh-leyt/US // ˈpɛk yəˌleɪt //UK // (ˈpɛkjʊˌleɪt) //
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pec·u·lat·ed, pec·u·lat·ing.
- : to steal or take dishonestly; embezzle.
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Examples
No man ever paid a bribe for the handling of the public money, but to peculate from it.
He knows how pedants hoodwink people, how priests act the hypocrite, how physicians act the rake, how lawyers peculate.
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