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

What if he then confessed his peculation to the bank president, tendering his check for the stolen sum, plus interest, and showing by his bank book that he was an important depositor?

From Time Magazine Archive

Quite the contrary, he is said to have chafed angrily in private at the peculation he saw among other high government officials.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was one of the superintendents of the commissary and quarter masters' department and did much towards correcting abuses and checking peculation.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll