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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculations
burglaries
Noun
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And several aldermen who have moved to preemptively ban the machines from their wards have cited issues like gambling addiction and a spike in burglaries targeting the machines in other parts of the state where they are already legalized.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Murders during burglaries are rare.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Peculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculations. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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