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Showing words for PECULATE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Peculate

peculate

7 Letter Words for Peculate

capelet, capulet, culpate, epaulet

6 Letter Words for Peculate

alecup, apelet, aulete, caplet, cautel, clupea, culpae, eluate, epaule, peltae, peteca, placet, puteal, teacup

5 Letter Words for Peculate

acute, aleut, atlee, atule, calpe, capel, caple, capul, caput, catel, clape, clapt, claut, cleat, cleep, clepe, clept, culet, culpa, cupel, eclat, ectal, elate, elect, elute, epact, etape, lacet, leapt, lepta, letup, lucet, lutea, palet, patee, patel, peace, pelta, petal, place, plate, pleat, tapul, taupe, tepal, tuple, upeat

4 Letter Words for Peculate

acle, aclu, acpt, actu, alce, alec, alee, alep, atle, aute, calp, cape, capt, cate, caul, caup, cele, celt, cepa, cepe, cete, clap, clat, clee, clep, clue, culp, cult, cute, eale, elec, etua, lace, laet, late, leap, leat, lect, leep, leet, lepa, lete, luce, lupe, lute, pace, pact, pacu, pale, palt, pate, patu, paul, paut, peal, peat, peel, pela, pele, pelt, pelu, peta, pete, plat, plea, puca, puce, pula, pule, tace, tael, talc, tale, tape, tapu, teal, teap, teca, teel, tela, tele, tepa, tepe, tula, tule, ulta, upla

3 Letter Words for Peculate

ace, act, alc, ale, alp, alt, apc, ape, apl, apt, ate, atp, aul, cal, cap, cat, cee, cel, cep, cpa, cpl, cpt, cpu, cte, cue, cul, cup, cut, eat, eau, ect, ecu, eec, eel, ela, elt, epa, eta, etc, lac, lap, lat, lca, lea, lee, lep, let, leu, lue, lut, pac, pal, pat, pau, pct, pea, pec, pee, pel, pet, plu, pta, pte, pua, pul, put, tal, tap, tau, tcp, tea, tec, tee, tel, tlc, tua, tue, tup, uca, ula, ule, ult, uta, utc, ute

Definitions for Peculate

[1] to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
[2] to appropriate or embezzle (public money)

Words related to Peculate

embezzle, steal

Words nearby Peculate

pectous, pectus, pectus carinatum, pectus excavatum, pectus recurvatum, peculate, peculiar, peculiar institution, peculiar people, peculiarity, peculiarize

Origin of Peculate

1740–50; v. use of peculate embezzlement (now obsolete) < Latin pecūlātus, equivalent to pecūlā(rī ) to embezzle, literally, to make public property private + -tus suffix of v. action. See peculiar, -ate1

Other words from Peculate

pec·u·la·tion , noun
pec·u·la·tor , noun
un·pec·u·lat·ing , adjective

Word origin for Peculate

C18: from Latin pecūlārī, from pecūlium private property (originally, cattle); see peculiar

Synonyms for Peculate

embezzle, steal