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
  • Then there are folks who create things, as the Kittrells did here, with the idea of misusing the trust from the get-go.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Collins is under investigation from the House for allegedly misusing taxpayer funds by paying a staffer in his office who did not work.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 Aug. 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
  • In January, his former UC Davis assistant pleaded no contest to a felony charge of misappropriating public money.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of misappropriating
Verb
  • The Dodgers weren’t actually bankrupt at the time, but then owner Frank McCourt used the process to keep MLB from seizing the team.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Withers, 28, has lately been seizing every opportunity in his path, but the Amazon MGM Studios rom-com represents a chance to show a lighter side.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 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 10 Aug. 2026.

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