peculation
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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 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
When William Marcy Tweed bossed Tammany Hall and New York City, political livelihoods were made by out-&-out peculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was involved in the trial of Fouquet, and in April 1663 was condemned to death for peculation and embezzlement of public funds; but escaping, was executed in effigy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
