peculation
- 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
The peculation stems from military involvement in everything from Panama's legalized gambling to kickbacks involving government agencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole town knows of his peculation, accepts it philosophically : "Hit's nachel — hit's nachel . . . evahthing what's bad is nachel."
From Time Magazine Archive
In Louisbourg, as elsewhere in Canada, peculation was rife, and officers and commissaries made profit at the privates' expense.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood
