Meaning of "peculate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PECULATE

From Latin pecūlārī, from pecūlium private property (originally, cattle).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PECULATE

peculate  [ˈpɛkjʊˌleɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PECULATE

Peculate is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb peculate in English.

WHAT DOES PECULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Embezzlement

Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly withholding assets for the purpose of conversion of such assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted, to be held and/or used for other purposes. Embezzlement is a kind of financial fraud. For instance, a lawyer could embezzle funds from clients' trust accounts, a financial advisor could embezzle funds from investors, or a person could embezzle funds from his or her spouse. Embezzlement may range from the very minor in nature, involving only small amounts, to the immense, involving large sums and sophisticated schemes. More often than not, embezzlement is performed in a manner that is premeditated, systematic and/or methodical, with the explicit intent to conceal the activities from other individuals, usually because it is being done without the other individuals' knowledge or consent. Often it involves the trusted individual embezzling only a small proportion or fraction of the total of the funds or resources he/she receives or controls; in an attempt to minimize the risk of the detection of the misallocation of the funds or resources. When successful, embezzlements continue for years without detection.

Definition of peculate in the English dictionary

The definition of peculate in the dictionary is to appropriate or embezzle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PECULATE

PRESENT

Present

I peculate

you peculate

he/she/it peculates

we peculate

you peculate

they peculate

Present continuous

I am peculating

you are peculating

he/she/it is peculating

we are peculating

you are peculating

they are peculating

Present perfect

I have peculated

you have peculated

he/she/it has peculated

we have peculated

you have peculated

they have peculated

Present perfect continuous

I have been peculating

you have been peculating

he/she/it has been peculating

we have been peculating

you have been peculating

they have been peculating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I peculated

you peculated

he/she/it peculated

we peculated

you peculated

they peculated

Past continuous

I was peculating

you were peculating

he/she/it was peculating

we were peculating

you were peculating

they were peculating

Past perfect

I had peculated

you had peculated

he/she/it had peculated

we had peculated

you had peculated

they had peculated

Past perfect continuous

I had been peculating

you had been peculating

he/she/it had been peculating

we had been peculating

you had been peculating

they had been peculating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will peculate

you will peculate

he/she/it will peculate

we will peculate

you will peculate

they will peculate

Future continuous

I will be peculating

you will be peculating

he/she/it will be peculating

we will be peculating

you will be peculating

they will be peculating

Future perfect

I will have peculated

you will have peculated

he/she/it will have peculated

we will have peculated

you will have peculated

they will have peculated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been peculating

you will have been peculating

he/she/it will have been peculating

we will have been peculating

you will have been peculating

they will have been peculating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would peculate

you would peculate

he/she/it would peculate

we would peculate

you would peculate

they would peculate

Conditional continuous

I would be peculating

you would be peculating

he/she/it would be peculating

we would be peculating

you would be peculating

they would be peculating

Conditional perfect

I would have peculate

you would have peculate

he/she/it would have peculate

we would have peculate

you would have peculate

they would have peculate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been peculating

you would have been peculating

he/she/it would have been peculating

we would have been peculating

you would have been peculating

they would have been peculating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you peculate
we let´s peculate
you peculate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to peculate

Past participle

peculated

Present Participle

peculating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PECULATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «peculate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of peculate

appropriate · defalcate · defraud · embezzle · knock off · misapply · misappropriate · pilfer · purloin · rob · steal · trouser

TRANSLATION OF PECULATE

Find out the translation of peculate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of peculate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peculate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 侵占
• Translator English - Spanish: peculate
• English: peculate
• Translator English - Hindi: peculate
• Translator English - Arabic: peculate
• Translator English - Russian: peculate
• Translator English - Portuguese: peculate
• Translator English - Bengali: অন্যায়ভাবে আত্মসাৎ করা
• Translator English - French: détourner des fonds publics
• Translator English - Malay: Pecul
• Translator English - German: peculate
• Translator English - Japanese: peculate
• Translator English - Korean: peculate
• Translator English - Javanese: Banget
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thụt kết
• Translator English - Tamil: peculate
• Translator English - Marathi: चमत्कार
• Translator English - Turkish: zimmetine geçirmek
• Translator English - Italian: peculate
• Translator English - Polish: peculate
• Translator English - Ukrainian: peculate
• Translator English - Romanian: impins la specula
• Translator English - Greek: καταχρώμαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verduisteren
• Translator English - Swedish: peculate
• Translator English - Norwegian: peculate

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PECULATE»

Discover the use of peculate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peculate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...

Mm was not meant to gape, but to have his thoughts sublime ; and not only behold, but/peculate their nature. Brown. » SPECULATION, n./. [speculation, Fr. from /peculate.] I Examination by the eye ; view, a. Examiner ; spy. This word is found ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...

(4) Words which have u in the penultimate syllable : fabulor populate populo maculo subjugate subjugo adjuvo abducent abducens corrflgo relucent reliicens petulan* imprudent imprudens disputana adjutant adjutana impudens peculate ...

John Walker, 1848

A Dictionary of the English and Portuguese Languages: In Two ...

Pectoral, adj. (t. med.) peitoral, torn para о peito. Pectoral, s. ornamento para о peito, como a cruz peitoral dos Bispos, o ephod dos sacerdotes Hebreos, ice. To Peculate, v. a. defraudar ou roubar o público. Peculate, or Peculation, s. peculate , ...

Antonio Vieyra, 1860

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Seepara 3 of: peculiar (adj, hcnce n), pecularity; peculate, peculation; pecuniary, pecunious,impecunious, whence anl impecuniosity. 1. The phon andsem baseis L pecū, livestock, one's flocksand herds, hence alsomoney, since in the ...

Eric Partridge, 2006

Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...

The popular clamours of corruption and peculate, with which the nation had been so much possessed, were in a great measure dissipated. Burnet'i Hiji. of his own Times. — One of these gentlemen was accused of the grossest peculations.

‎1823

A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and ...

... peculate, and indurate, are tlic only absolute deviations ; for obdurate has the accent frequent* )y on the second syllable. Sec the word. (I) To these lists, perhaps, might be added the English words ending in tion, sion, and ily : for though Hon ...

John Walker, 1823

A new and complete dictionary of the English and German ...

Peculate. Peculator, |j?k:ku-là-tur, (tat.) ». einet, bet ¡ШепШфе Selber Derutttreuet , bet Äaffenbieb. Peculiar, pè-ku-lè-ur, я. ei* gen, eiäcntbümlicb > that Christianity has - unto itself, bie bai Gbtiften» tbum mit feinen anbern gemein bat; btfenbet; ...

J. H. Kaltschmidt, 1837

A General Dictionary of the English Language

PECTORAL, pek'-tur-el. s. A breast-plate ; a. medicine proper to strengthen the breast and • stomach. PECULATE, peculate. 7 s. Robbery PECULATION, pek-ku- la'-shun. J of the pub- lick, theft of publick money. 'PECULATOR, pek'-ku-la-tur. s.

Thomas Sheridan, 1780

Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...

(l.) * To SPECULATE, v. n. [Ipeeuler, Fr. r, Lat.] To meditate; to contemplate; to take a view of any thing with the mind. — Consider the quantity, and not /peculate upon an intrinsical relation. Digby. — As news-writers record facts which afford ...

‎1816

A critical pronouncing dictionary: and exposition of the ...

Here we find the general rule obtain, with, perhaps, fewer exceptions than in any other cla Mjiwate, peculate, and indurate, are the only absolute deviations ; for obdurate has the accent frequei ly on the second syllable. Sec the word. ft) To ...

John Walker, 1823

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PECULATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peculate is used in the context of the following news items.

Titan's Alien Lakes: Explaining Confounding Formations

It occurs when frequent rainfall and swells of "groundwater" (in Titan's case, its actually liquid methane and ethane) peculate through the ... «Nature World News, Jun 15»

Proper soil sampling depth is critical for pasture soil testing

These fertilizer and lime additions are being applied to the sod surface and are only able to naturally peculate down into the sub surface with ... «Michigan State University Extension, May 15»

Taylor Swift's Blank Slate of Trademark Protection

Produced under the name "Peculate," which is billed as "the progressive metal project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Norton," the ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»

'If Lagomarsino's claims true, Nisman responsible for embezzlement'

If that is true, Fernández considered, Nisman would be responsible of “embezzlement, bribery and peculate” crimes which would have to be ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Mar 15»

Celebrity Trademark Watch: Can Taylor Swift Shake Off Accusations …

Peculate, a self-described "progressive metal" composer, decried Swift's applications and trademarks in general as "a direct attack on one of ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Feb 15»

Taylor Swift's guitar teacher threatened with legal action over …

... a move that resulted in experimental artist Peculate writing a protest song that exclusively used one of the would-be trademarked lyrics. «NME.com, Feb 15»

Taylor Swift's trademarks fuel media misreporting and protest songs

Peculate is the solo project of US artist and musician Ben Norton, who responded to World Trademark Review's request for comment with a ... «World Trademark Review, Feb 15»

Metal Muso Records Brilliant Song In Protest Of Taylor Swift

Taking to the Peculate Facebook page, Norton has suggested ridiculous trademarks such as Swift's play a role in restricting freedom of speech. «Music Feeds, Feb 15»

Melky Cabrera pulls the carpet out from under Buster Olney

As a matter of fact, it continued to peculate to a point where Melky'c agent Peter Greenberg made an impromptu appearance on The Jeff Blair ... «Jay's Journal, Nov 14»

INFLUENCERS: CHAD NELSEN

All those peoples @#$% needs to go somewhere, its going to now peculate up in our "new" lagoon. $%&@ you! Serge Dedina 10/31/2014 ... «Surfline.com Surf News, Oct 14»