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peculate verb appropriate criminally, appropriate dishonestly, appropriate illegally, appropriate wrongfully, bilk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, divert, embezzle, mulct, obtain money on false pretenses, obtain under false pretenses, pilfer, purloin, rob, steal, swindle

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appropriate criminally appropriate illegally appropriate wrongfully bilk cheat convert cozen deceive defalcate defraud divert embezzle impropriate loot misappropriate mulct obtain under false pretenses pilfer poach			His visit to Batavia he told me was to lay open to the Governor and Council of Batavia the impositions and the peculations of the Dutch at Pontiana and at Mompawa, and in consequence of his representations he got the Resident recalled and another put in his situation, but he says they still continued the same practices, cheating both the Company and the Malays. Joseph Burn and Raffle's plan for a British Borneo by Smith, F. Andrew / Borneo Research Bulletin His book is squarely in the tradition of Matthew Josephson's The Robber Barons, a colorful and well-written romp through the excesses, the peculations, and the moral outrages perpetrated by princes of high finance throughout the ages. BEYOND THE BUBBLES by Morris, Charles R. / Commonweal The personnel file may also contain references to earlier peculations that were misperceived as procedural exceptions. Internal injury by Maule, W.D. / Security Management			peaceable peaceable possession peaceful peaceful of mind peacefulness peacelike peacemaker peacemaking peak pealing peasant pecability peccability peccable peccadillo peccancy peccans peccant peccare Peccata contra naturam sunt gravissima peccatum Peck Peckham, Rufus Wheeler peculate peculation peculations peculator peculiar peculiar expression peculiar feature peculiar idiom peculiar temperament peculiaris peculiarities peculiarity peculiarity of phrasing peculiarly Peculium pecunia pecunia praesens pecuniae aversor pecuniae residuae pecuniam mutuam dare pecuniam redigere pecuniaria pecuniarius pecuniary pecuniary aid pecuniary assistance pecuniary burden pecuniary due			Pectoriloquism Pectoriloquous pectoriloquy pectoriloquy Pectose Pectosic Pectostraca Pectous PECTS pectus pectus pectus carinatum pectus carinatum pectus excavatum pectus excavatum pectus excavatum Pectus excavatus pectus recurvatum PECU Pecul peculate peculate peculated peculated peculates peculates peculating peculating peculation peculation peculations peculator peculator peculators peculators peculiar peculiar peculiar peculiar Peculiar and Novel Services Peculiar Contingency Support Package Peculiar Estrogen-Binding Protein peculiar expression peculiar feature Peculiar Ground Support Equipment peculiar idiom Peculiar Motion of Stars peculiar part Peculiar People Peculiar People Peculiar star Peculiar Support Equipment peculiar temperament Peculiar velocities Peculiar velocities peculiar velocity peculiar velocity peculiaris peculiarities peculiarities peculiarity

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