Thesaurus results for PECULATING

peculating

verb

present participle of peculate

as in embezzling

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Gómez Mont and her husband, Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga, fled Mexico for Miami in 2021, according to multiple media reports, after a federal judge issued a warrant for their arrest on suspicion of embezzling funds from the Mexican government.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Her campaign has been relatively free of major bumps since an appeals court in July cleared her path for a fourth run at the presidency, with a ruling that shortened a ban on seeking public office handed down to Le Pen for embezzling public funds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of embezzling

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Murray said that in recent spending negotiations, Democrats fought to include language to prevent the administration from usurping Congress’ power on spending decisions, but Republicans have declined to go along.

— Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
The 6-foot-6, 308-pounder was at Wisconsin from 2020-24 before finishing at Illinois last season and entering the 49ers’ defensive-line rotation this season, perhaps even usurping Alfred Collins in the starting lineup next to Osa Odighizuwa.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of usurping

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But even with safeguards, abuse is possible, and Dieppa says his own department fired an officer accused of misusing the Flock system, along with other violations of policy, two years ago.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Someone could be accessing an existing financial account or misusing personal information without causing any immediate change to that score.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of misusing

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And judging by the amount of controversy that’s already been stirred up, Sacha Baron Cohen’s iconic character of a middle-class white Brit appropriating hip-hop and Jamaican mannerisms still has the ability to rile people.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
But Wolfson once more goes the less dangerous route, appropriating a 1984 photograph of two tulips in a black void instead of something more explicit.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of appropriating

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In Marshall, college football players sued TV networks for allegedly misappropriating their likenesses by showing them in game broadcasts without pay.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Some Buddhist temples in Thailand are extremely wealthy because worshippers donate large amounts as a way of making religious merit, and the country has seen cases of senior monks being accused of misappropriating temple funds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of misappropriating

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Lately, state lawmakers have also handed down laws preempting local ordinances on workplace safety, cruise ships, climate goals, fertilizer, naming of airports and painting sidewalks.

— Nico Rivero, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
In response, the CFTC has said that the Commodity Exchange Act gives it sole power over swaps and futures contracts, preempting state laws.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of preempting

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A week prior to her death, Rogers had been picked up by police in the middle of the night after leaving her home without her parents’ knowledge and stealing a drink from a gas station.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
But Ippei Mizuhara, his longtime interpreter, pleaded guilty to stealing almost $17 million from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

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