English → Latin
“peculate” in Latin
dēpecūlorto despoil, pillage, rifle, plunder, embezzlepecūlorto defraud the public; to embezzle public funds; to peculate, embezzle
The English word peculate itself goes back to Latin pecūlor, through pecūlātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
peculate
peculatum facere, depeculari (Cic.); peculari (Hor.); avertere pecuniam (of embezzling public money). Vid: “To be guilty of PECULATION.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for peculate?
- The usual Latin words for “peculate” are dēpecūlor, pecūlor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.