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
So far Mr. Wynn had discovered defalcations amounting to nearly £20,000, though the bottom of the peculation had not yet been reached.
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by Davies, R. Rice
