Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to peculate
Participle: peculated
Gerund: peculating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | peculate |
| you | peculate |
| he;she;it | peculates |
| we | peculate |
| you | peculate |
| they | peculate |
Perfect
| I | have peculated |
| you | have peculated |
| he;she;it | has peculated |
| we | have peculated |
| you | have peculated |
| they | have peculated |
Past
| I | peculated |
| you | peculated |
| he;she;it | peculated |
| we | peculated |
| you | peculated |
| they | peculated |
Pluperfect
| I | had peculated |
| you | had peculated |
| he;she;it | had peculated |
| we | had peculated |
| you | had peculated |
| they | had peculated |
Future
| I | will peculate |
| you | will peculate |
| he;she;it | will peculate |
| we | will peculate |
| you | will peculate |
| they | will peculate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have peculated |
| you | will have peculated |
| he;she;it | will have peculated |
| we | will have peculated |
| you | will have peculated |
| they | will have peculated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | peculate |
| you | peculate |
| he;she;it | peculate |
| we | peculate |
| you | peculate |
| they | peculate |
Perfect
| I | have peculated |
| you | have peculated |
| he;she;it | have peculated |
| we | have peculated |
| you | have peculated |
| they | have peculated |
Imperfect
| I | peculated |
| you | peculated |
| he;she;it | peculated |
| we | peculated |
| you | peculated |
| they | peculated |
Pluperfect
| I | had peculated |
| you | had peculated |
| he;she;it | had peculated |
| we | had peculated |
| you | had peculated |
| they | had peculated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would peculate |
| you | would peculate |
| he;she;it | would peculate |
| we | would peculate |
| you | would peculate |
| they | would peculate |
Perfect
| I | would have peculated |
| you | would have peculated |
| he;she;it | would have peculated |
| we | would have peculated |
| you | would have peculated |
| they | would have peculated |
Imperative
| you | peculate |
| we | Let's peculate |
| you | peculate |
Verbs conjugated like 'peculate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'peculate'
speculate,
emulate,
jaculate,
maculate,
osculate,
pegylate,
pendulate,
percolate,
perflate,
populate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- misappropriate
- steal, thieve, embezzle, pillage, pilfer
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1749, from L. peculatus, pp. of peculari "to embezzle," from peculum "private property" (see peculiar).
2. From Latin pecūlātus, past participle of pecūlor (“defraud, embezzle”).
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