Thesaurus results for PECULATING

peculating

verb

present participle of peculate

as in embezzling

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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
Wilson was installed as interim mayor two years ago, after former Mayor Charles Griffin was convicted of embezzling between $10,000 and $100,000 of public funds to benefit himself and others close to him.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 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

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The simple firewall component both blocks attacks from outside the local network and prevents local programs from misusing their network connections.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
The charges represent an example of law enforcement officers allegedly misusing license plate camera readers for personal use -- a trend around the country.

— Jack Date, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of misusing

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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
Sawyer was among five city council members who voted no on appropriating funds for the purchase.

— Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of appropriating

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Meyer wound up allegedly misappropriating about $570,000, including $100,000 for a personal investment in an exotic-car company and $220,000 sent to his personal bank account.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The Yes campaign claims that the CEOs of some clinics are misappropriating taxpayer funds to inflate their own salaries, rather than putting the money toward patient care and clinic staffing.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of misappropriating

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Counsel argued that seizing the ballots was necessary to preserve potential evidence before statutory destruction deadlines and to compare the total number of ballots with official vote records.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Certainly, China seizing the global lead on AI would represent an alarming setback to American strategic and economic interests.

— Stephen Collins, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of seizing

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Former police colonel Christiaan Prinsloo was convicted in 2016 after stealing more than 2,000 firearms from police stores and selling them on, including to gangs.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
The attackers were then able to obtain privileged internal access and bypass the normal customer-facing withdrawal process without stealing private keys, Mandiant reported.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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