the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To appropriate to one′ s own use money or goods intrusted to one′ s care; embezzle; pilfer; steal: originally, as in the Roman law, denoting embezzlement of moneys of the state.
n. Peculation.
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v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
Word Usage
"I actually carry a notebook and when someone provides an insight or suggestion I write it down and let it "peculate" to see if, how, and where it makes since and how to apply it if it is considered valuable and beneficial to the path I am walking."