peculates

verb

present tense third-person singular of peculate
as in takes over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculates
  1. takes over
  2. preempts
  3. usurps
  4. misuses
  5. claims
  6. seizes
  7. converts
  8. appropriates
Verb
  • Some Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are encouraging leaders to scrap the chamber’s Select Committee on China once their party takes over next year.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Mike Boynton, a former assistant on May’s staff, takes over a Michigan team that returns Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney from its national championship team.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of takes over
Verb
  • The forcefulness of their singing conveys desperation, but preempts so much of the nuance that enlivens their songs—the fundamental regret in their voice grinding against the fundamental determination.
    — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • There is currently a split among federal courts as to whether Kalshi, Polymarket and other companies can be regulated by states’ sports betting laws or whether federal law for commodities preempts states.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of preempts
Verb
  • California courts have repeatedly refused to rewrite unconstitutional tax statutes on the grounds that this usurps the role of the Legislature or, in the case of an initiative, the people.
    — Jared Walczak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
  • After witnessing Sinner miss 16 break points against the same opponent on Friday, Alcaraz would have been forgiven for worrying that something similar might happen to him — especially against arguably tennis’s greatest escape artist, at least until the Spaniard usurps him.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of usurps
Verb
  • The services are designed to help monitor for potential identity theft and provide assistance if someone misuses their personal information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Jungles said any officer who misuses the technology should be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of misuses
Verb
  • Google also claims the model outperforms competing systems across benchmarks covering agent routing, reasoning, ranking and multimodal understanding, while achieving the lowest calibration error.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • All of these companies are being sued by PHI Health, a national air ambulance chain, which claims the employers are responsible for bills that health insurers haven’t fully paid, or have delayed paying.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of claims
Verb
  • Now, her family must reckon with the consequences as Agnes van Rhijn seizes an opportunity to regain her position.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Sid is smart enough to sniff this out, and the show seizes the opportunity to raise the romantic stakes through an adorably British expression of mutual libidinousness.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of seizes
Verb
  • The cockpit is fitted with a dining table that converts into a sun pad and fold-down bulwarks that open to create waterside terraces.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
  • One turbine section powers the compressor, while a separate free power turbine converts the energy in the exhaust gases into mechanical output for the ship’s propulsion system.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of converts
Verb
  • The pair’s winding route from River’s late grandfather’s country house to Diana’s beach retreat, which Slough House head Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) cheekily appropriates as a safe house, is a winding one.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Tiki bars aren’t without criticism, having occasionally been attacked as escapist fantasy that appropriates Hawaiian or Polynesian iconography.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of appropriates
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“Peculates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculates. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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