peculation
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
When William Marcy Tweed bossed Tammany Hall and New York City, political livelihoods were made by out-&-out peculation.
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
It is indisputable, even on Pepys' own showing, that peculation, bribery, and corruption were the causes of the neglect from which the fleet had suffered.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
