Thesaurus results for PECULATED

peculated

verb

past tense of peculate

as in took over

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Manuel took over for Dave Brandon, a Domino’s Pizza executive who alienated a lot of Michigan fans with his slick marketing schemes.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Northrop’s SpaceLogistics division took over the commercial portion of the program the following year and completed development of the spacecraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of took over

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Matthew Robinson was sued by his brother and a co-founder of the company, claiming $100,000 was embezzled over two years, according to a 2014 lawsuit.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Sullivan was hired to take over the conservancy after a crisis developed when its CFO was found to have embezzled millions from the non-profit, was found guilty and is now serving time in jail.

— Carol Cain, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Definition of embezzled

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Money appropriated to help the IRS collect taxes already owed is routine described in terms of spending, waste, or bureaucratic excess.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
That’s different from what happened after past disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy, when Congress appropriated large portions of the amounts that were requested.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of appropriated

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This week wasn’t a total loss for SerpApi and Perplexity AI, which did manage to get Reddit’s unjust enrichment and unfair competition claims tossed, since they were both preempted by the Copyright Act.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
But the Court finds the state law is likely preempted in many respects.

— Samantha Elkins, NBC news, 27 July 2026

Definition of preempted

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Chemsdine Talbi is a ‘big moments’ player but was usurped on the right side of midfield by full-back-by-trade Trai Hume toward the end of last season.

— Luke Bosher, New York Times, 31 July 2026
When talkies usurped silent films, in the late 1920s, theaters scrambled to adapt to a new, squatter format.

— Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of usurped

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He was also accused of deceiving escrow agents to secure the release of pre-construction condo deposits and then misappropriated those funds for personal expenses unrelated to the developments.

— Jay Weaver June 6, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026
The judge, however, said Monday that Ramco failed to offer evidence that Prasad misappropriated hospital funds.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026

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