Pronounced: ah-luh-GAHP-suh-nee, noun
Notes: Certain people may know this word (I didn’t)
Yesterday’s word
The word peculate means “to steal of misuse money or property entrusted to one’s care; embezzle”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1700s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word pecu (cattle; money). I know the noun ‘peculations’, but I wasn’t aware that a verb form followed.
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