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Peculate Crossword Clue

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noun

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

verb

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

90%5 Deceive in order to gain an advantage
noun

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

verb

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

90%7 To cheat or swindle someone
verb

• deprive of by deceit

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times13 Sep 1992 Down 19
New York Times28 Nov 1990 Down 53
New York Times15 Oct 1989 Across 62
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