tS=His book was a delightful expose of two naively <b>peculateing</b> Soviet officials.<br><br>The money with which my grandfather began his business was <b>peculated</b> from his oldest friend.&tQ=To <b>peculate</b> means:&tC=To embezzle|To conspire|To finesse|To bumble|To spy&cC=1&fB=To <b>peculate</b> means to embezzle or steal. <b>Peculate</b> is pronounced PEK-yuh-layt.
