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peculating

verb

present participle of peculate

as in embezzling

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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

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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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Several more law enforcement officers have been arrested and charged with misusing license plate reader systems this week, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and local officials.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
On March 30, a Paris court convicts Le Pen and other National Rally officials of misusing European Parliament funds, sentences her to prison and bars her from seeking public office for five years with immediate effect.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Definition of misusing

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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
Instead, Angwin claims that Grammarly infringed the privacy and publicity rights of her and many other authors by appropriating their names and identities for commercial purposes without consent.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of appropriating

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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

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Many developed a deep affection for the country and its artistic innovations, while seizing on business opportunities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
And some have responded by seizing the female obsession with looks, already rooted in misogyny, and rebranding it with maximum toxicity—in other words, by becoming looksmaxxers.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Definition of seizing

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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

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Those charges stem from Vick allegedly breaking into a former girlfriend’s home, and he is accused of stealing multiple electronic devices, as well as unscrewing the camera that had been located on the porch of her home.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Do resigned and admitted to stealing millions in discretionary funds meant to help seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic, instead directing the money to a nonprofit connected to him, according to an LAist report.

— Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

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