Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PEC'U-LATE
PEC'U-LATE, v.i. [L. peculatus, peculor, from peculium, private property, from pecus, cattle.]
- To defraud the public of money or goods intrusted to one's care, by appropriating the property to one's own use; to defraud by embezzlement.
- Among civilians, to steal. – Encyc.
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