pĕcūlor, āri, v. dep. n. [peculium], to defraud the public, to embezzle the public money, to peculate: rem publicam, Flor. 3, 17, 3. Hence, pĕcūlans, antis, P. a. As subst. plur.: pĕcūlantĭa, ium, n., peculations: vestra, Commod. 70, 13.