peculate
verb (used with or without object)
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
peculation
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a word derived from
peculate.
Example Sentences
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“He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression,” he said, according to the minutes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2019
“He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019
In many cases the institutions also succumbed to old-fashioned peculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thirty-two West Virginians, including a former Governor and other notables, were indicted last week for assorted acts of malfeasance and peculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
They will not seek office but we should be careful to seek them and cleanse the temple of our Liberty from political peculation and venality.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
