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peculate
Overview of verb peculate
The verb peculate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate -- (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")
Antonyms of verb peculate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb peculate
1 sense of peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> steal
=> take
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb peculate
1 sense of peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> fiddle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb peculate
1 sense of peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> steal
'Cause To' of verb peculate
Derived Forms of verb peculate
1 sense of peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
RELATED TO>(noun) peculation#1
=> embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
RELATED TO>(noun) peculator#1
=> embezzler, defalcator, peculator
Domain of verb peculate
Domain Terms of verb peculate
Familiarity of verb peculate
peculate used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb peculate
1 sense of peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb peculate
1 sense of peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
> steal
=> pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> rustle, lift
=> shoplift
=> pirate
=> plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> pocket, bag
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> rob
=> hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
=> walk off
=> hustle, pluck, roll
=> loot, plunder
=> burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb peculate
Sense 1
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> steal
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Grep of verb peculate
peculate
speculate
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