as in to usurp
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Besides, usurping Jinkx Monsoon for Miss Piggy would fan the ferocious flames of backstage drama and turmoil (hmmm … Smash season-three idea).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Resources are available for businesses looking to usurp restrictions.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Taylor continued to embezzle funds from the charity even after his arrest in June 2024, according to the DOJ.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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In the mid-2000s, Rudolph's partners at The Dentistry accused him of embezzling money from their practice, Rolling Stone reported.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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That initial investigation led the HPD to obtain a search warrant to seize electronic devices from the property associated with the IP address of the cyber tip, and the department investigated online communications.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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In addition, several firearms and drugs were seized from other residences, according to police.—
Jack Moore,
ABC News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Story editing is a form of self-talk that preempts your under-estimator from seizing control with its bludgeoning feedback.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Under state law, the legislature currently preempts all authority of a home rule charter or city government to regulate firearms and ammunition.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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The legislature appropriated $147 million this past session to protect current families using the vouchers.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
4 Sep. 2025
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National security leaders in all three countries must commit to more multiyear procurement contracts and authorize and appropriate more funding for cutting-edge defense technologies.—
GARY ROUGHEAD,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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The report also detailed how its AI capabilities were being misused by North Korean operatives who used it to obtain remote jobs at tech companies.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Sensitive information could be stored, analyzed, or misused without families fully knowing.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Like Mao and Deng before him, Xi Jinping has arrogated to himself great power.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Politicians exist to spend, and Congress arrogated to itself what was left over after existing Social Security recipients were paid.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, 12-inch centipedes were also confiscated and the green mamba, which had been sick, died after the raid.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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The boats were seized, the catch was confiscated by the government.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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