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
In many cases the institutions also succumbed to old-fashioned peculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ingenious, porcine Howard Hopson, charged with milking his now bankrupt $1,000,000,000 Associated Gas & Electric system of $20,000,000 in the biggest utility peculation of all time, went on trial for mail fraud and conspiracy.
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
