From Merriam-Webster.
Peculate
Pronunciation: ‘pe-ky&-”lAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing
Etymology: Latin peculatus, past participle of peculari, from peculium: a bit of money, a small property.
Date: 1802
: EMBEZZLE
- pec·u·la·tion – /”pe-ky&-’lA-sh&n – noun
- pec·u·la·tor – ‘pe-ky&-”lA-t&r – noun
We are looking for an overseas partner into whose account the sum of US$31,000,000.00 will be paid by telegraphic transfer.
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Things Ray Says #16:
"It wasn’t me. It was my good twin."
(Insert rimshot here.)
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"Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest."
Abraham Lincoln
Iloinen Maanantai!
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The Memphis Zoo received a pair of Giant Pandas. The pandas are named Le Le and Ya Ya. If I hadn’t heard about it on All Things Considered, I wouldn’t have realized that they were Cajun pandas.
Mais, you put that bamboo in your gumbo, ‘ti. Talk about good, bruh.
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