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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
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