peculating

verb

present participle of peculate
as in embezzling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculating
  1. embezzling
  2. usurping
  3. misusing
  4. appropriating
  5. misappropriating
  6. seizing
  7. preempting
  8. stealing
Verb
  • Lum is charged with embezzling more than $600,000 from the institution.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 July 2026
  • But in the end, he was convicted of embezzling around $12 million and executed in 2009.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of embezzling
Verb
  • Eggers made his name by deriding, and then usurping, the literary establishment, in the process defying the tired binary of pure artist versus sellout.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of usurping
Verb
  • In the last two months, authorities have announced cases involving three Cherokee County sheriff's deputies, five Albany police officers and three Richmond County officers, and others accused of misusing Georgia's license plate reader databases.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Beijing’s Commerce Ministry accused Washington of misusing national security and discriminating against Chinese companies.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of misusing
Verb
  • Other lawmakers were concerned about appropriating more funds for a war effort that seems to be rapidly escalating and remains unpopular with the American public.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 22 July 2026
  • On the night Republicans approved the legislation in the Senate, Graham accused Democrats of obstructing the normal bipartisan process for appropriating federal money.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 July 2026
Definition of appropriating
Verb
  • Apple has sued OpenAI and two of its former employees, accusing the company of misappropriating confidential information and trade secrets to accelerate its consumer hardware ambitions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • The 48-year-old daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte is accused of corruption, bribery, misappropriating millions in government funds and threatening to have the current president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, assassinated.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
Definition of misappropriating
Verb
  • The aforementioned Löw and Scaloni worked as assistants before seizing the top jobs with their national teams, others – such as Didier Deschamps – have developed that know-how over multiple tournaments before striking gold.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Maduro disrupted her appearances by seizing sound systems or shutting down electricity.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • But there are several downsides for players in preempting an MLB lockout by going on strike.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
  • Congress this week released a bipartisan framework that would establish the first broad federal approach to AI regulation while temporarily preempting many state laws.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026
Definition of preempting
Verb
  • The film revolves around a crew of motorcycle thieves who begin stealing priceless antiquities around the world.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The ticket Lockhart is accused of stealing had a prize value of $2,600, per the affidavit.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of stealing
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“Peculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculating. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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