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peculating

peculating is the present participle and gerund of peculate.

Meaning of peculate

Verb

peculate (third-person singular simple present peculates, present participle peculating, simple past and past participle peculated)

  1. (rare) To embezzle.

Questions about peculating

What is peculating the present participle and gerund of?
Peculating is the present participle and gerund of peculate.

Words near peculating in the dictionary

  1. pecuary
  2. pecul
  3. peculate
  4. peculated
  5. peculates
  6. peculating
  7. peculation
  8. peculations
  9. peculator
  10. peculators
  11. peculia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peculating (page history and authors); peculate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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