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peculate

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Definition of peculate

as in to usurp

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The update indicated that Maersk is set to fall behind CMA CGM for second-largest container shipping capacity worldwide by July 2027, while Hapag-Lloyd could be usurped by Ocean Network Express (ONE) in February 2028.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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While copying the last testament of his predecessor—which warned of the dire need for a strong military—the young Dalai Lama discovered that corrupt officials were embezzling army funds.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen ’s decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time means that someone found guilty not once but twice of embezzling public funds will campaign to lead the European Union ’s largest nation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of embezzle

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To Ford’s credit, the company is attempting to preempt the threat of Chinese competition with product, in the form of a $30,000 electric pickup.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 16 July 2026
The biggest differences touch on one of the stickiest issues in Washington — whether a single federal standard should preempt state laws around AI.

— Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of preempt

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The renovation is being funded by $257 million in funds appropriated by Congress through last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law in July 2025.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
On the night Republicans approved the legislation in the Senate, Graham accused Democrats of obstructing the normal bipartisan process for appropriating federal money.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 July 2026

Definition of appropriate

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The case, which Step Up settled for $3 million, alleged that the nonprofit and Southern California developer Shangri-La had misused state money intended to build affordable housing.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Some donors were initially skeptical that aid could reach those who needed it without being stolen or misused by a notoriously corrupt government, Capponi said.

— Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of misuse

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What shouldn’t happen is for the federal government to arrogate to itself nationalization powers over what fans are so passionate about.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
But all of those ideas for spending or tax rebates, again, all of those are congressional authority that the president is arrogating to himself—something else that would have startled the founders of the country all those 250 years ago.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025

Definition of arrogate

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Romanian authorities indicted the Tate brothers on the charges in June 2023, placing them on house arrest and confiscating several of their assets.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
The lawsuit alleges that Sheriff Robert Luna failed to confiscate Giandomenico’s phone after learning of the photos and tried to conceal from Nancy Lemus that the images existed.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

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