PECULATE Synonyms
2 hypernyms for peculate. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PECULATE
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| embezzle | verb v | |||||
verb • appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | ||||||
| misappropriate | verb v | |||||
verb • appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | ||||||
| cheat | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous • weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme • a deception for profit to yourself verb • deprive somebody of something by deceit • defeat someone through trickery or deceit • engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | ||||||
| defraud | verb v | |||||
verb • deprive of by deceit | ||||||
| loot | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • goods or money obtained illegally • informal terms for money verb • take illegally; of intellectual property • steal goods; take as spoils | ||||||
| pilfer | verb v | |||||
verb • make off with belongings of others | ||||||
verb, noun v, n | ||||||
noun • a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles • an enclosed space • a supply of money • (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left • a hollow concave shape made by removing something • a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly • a small isolated group of people • (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) • an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck verb • put in one's pocket • take unlawfully | ||||||
| rob | verb v | |||||
verb • take something away by force or without the consent of the owner • rip off; ask an unreasonable price | ||||||
| steal | verb v | |||||
noun • an advantageous purchase • a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) verb • take without the owner's consent • move stealthily • steal a base | ||||||
| swindle | verb v | |||||
noun • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme verb • deprive of by deceit | ||||||
| defalcate | verb v | |||||
verb • appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | ||||||
| malversate | verb v | |||||
verb • appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | ||||||