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
  • Elle and her friends discover that Dean and the head of their school, Principal Anderson (Matt Oberg), are embezzling funds.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The initiative ultimately collapsed in 2024 after the company’s founder, Joanna Smith-Griffith, was accused of embezzling funds amid data privacy concerns and whistleblower allegations.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of embezzling
Verb
  • 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
  • The opposition’s narrative that Hollywood is usurping home rule is entirely backward.
    — Keith Poliakoff, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
Definition of usurping
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  • This comes six months after a jury found Rinsch guilty of misusing funds in connection with the production of an unfinished Netflix series.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • But he was ejected from the company in 1973 for allegedly misusing corporate funds, and pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026
Definition of misusing
Verb
  • In 2021, the Minnetonka shoe company apologized for culturally appropriating Native American culture, and committed to supporting the community.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • At first glance, the pairing might seem like an unconventional one, even though both artists are well known for appropriating others’ images.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
Definition of appropriating
Verb
  • Following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, Davis was dismissed for misappropriating $94,000 from the label — money used in part to pay for his son’s bar mitzvah and family vacations.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • However, in May 1973, following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, he was summarily fired for misappropriating $94,000 from the label.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026
Definition of misappropriating
Verb
  • Kepler is clearly focused on seizing this second chance and putting his past behind him.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The party has focused on driving down consumer costs, seizing on what polling shows is deep dissatisfaction about the economy and worries about affordability.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • 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
  • The state passed a law last year preempting local governments from enacting or enforcing rules against presidential libraries.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Definition of preempting
Verb
  • Peterson left office in 2017 after pleading guilty to stealing from his own campaign fund.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • He’s accused of stealing $3 million from the client’s Northern Trust account involving about 200 transactions over a decade until he was fired from the private wealth-management bank in fall 2024.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of stealing
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“Peculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculating. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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