peculated

verb

past tense of peculate
as in took over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculated
  1. took over
  2. embezzled
  3. misused
  4. appropriated
  5. preempted
  6. usurped
  7. misappropriated
  8. attached
Verb
  • Che cited an Associated Press report that Paxton, the Texas attorney general since 2015, took over 275 out-of-state trips while in office.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Strada took over the Department of Correction in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry.
    — Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of took over
Verb
  • The government is attempting to improve shattered services and open up an economy closed by the corrupt Assad regime, which ran the economy with an iron fist and embezzled billions for the Assad clan and their allies.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Wilson also alleged Cameron and Holden embezzled 900,000 Australian dollars ($642,000) from a joint venture company set up to make the movie.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of embezzled
Verb
  • The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced Wednesday that an internal audit of the department’s ALPRs found that five officers misused the technology.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers at Google argued that the risk of the algorithm being misused or rapidly developed further if it was made public was simply too great.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of misused
Verb
  • Some Democrats in Congress are now calling for investigations into whether money appropriated for border protection is being used to promote the president’s political message.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The president responded by saying his administration wouldn't spend the $257 million appropriated by Congress on renovating the building unless the building also bears his name.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of appropriated
Verb
  • The companies argue that the local claims are preempted by federal laws such as the Clean Air Act.
    — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Consider ongoing litigation between state governments and prediction-market companies, where the two sides are debating whether states are preempted from enforcing their gambling laws by a federal law on prediction markets.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of preempted
Verb
  • Jason Speaking of football-loving families, the Kelces seem to have usurped the Mannings for the sport’s first family.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Howie Roseman acquired Bigsby after Week 1, and Bigsby eventually usurped Shipley as Barkley’s top backup.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of usurped
Verb
  • Court findings, shared in 2025, showed that nearly 72% of the sheriff’s office spending was misattributed or misappropriated.
    — Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That’s one reason there are so many arguments over the value of a team, or an athlete, or sports more generally, as more and more money chases something essentially priceless—or misappropriated, depending on your view.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of misappropriated
Verb
  • The former congressman, 51, has pointed to voters who have become less attached to either party as a potential opening.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jurors also considered firearm specifications attached to several charges.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of attached
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“Peculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculated. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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