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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculating
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The village’s former mayor, Charles Griffin, was forced to resign after being convicted of embezzling funds from the village, and Freddie Wilson was appointed interim mayor in October after serving less than a full term as village trustee.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026 -
Zia was sentenced to 17 years in jail in two separate corruption cases for misuse of power in embezzling funds meant for a charity named after her late husband.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Dec. 2025
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The War of the Two Caesars also serves as a nice mirror for everything going down with the Brotherhood, Elder Cleric Quintus still hellbent on usurping the Commonwealth despite the arrival of Kumail Nanjiani’s Paladin Xander Harkness, an emissary from that neck of the woods.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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The District of Columbia attorney general, however, accused the administration of unlawfully usurping control of the city’s law enforcement and violating a law prohibiting troops from doing domestic police work.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Nov. 2025
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Hong Kong — A Chinese coffee chain has apologized and changed its name after state media roasted it for misusing a word revered by the nation’s communist government.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Environmental groups questioned the legality surrounding the decision to overturn the Biden-era rule, accusing the Senate of misusing the Congressional Review Act to serve the GOP's agenda.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Huddleston disagreed, saying the charter governs spending money but doesn’t apply to merely appropriating it.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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Trump expressly declared that appropriating Venezuela’s enormous oil reserves justified regime change.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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Hancock said that even as much of the misinformation online still comes through more traditional avenues, such as people misappropriating real media to paint false narratives, AI is rapidly dumping more fuel on the fire.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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On Thursday morning, Meagan Emily McFadden pleaded no contest to a felony charge of misappropriating public money.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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But seizing current oil production is one thing; overhauling Venezuela's entire oil industry would be another.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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Trump has occasionally discussed seizing Greenland since his first term but few initially took his threats seriously.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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In addition to the GAIN AI Act, lawmakers have also been divided over a push to include a provision preempting state AI laws in the NDAA.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
4 Dec. 2025
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There's internal discussion noted the importance of securing him to a new contract now, potentially preempting interest or offers from other promotions as his current deal nears its end.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bregman played his first nine seasons with the Houston Astros, winning World Series titles in 2017 and 2022 — although the first of those yielded a sign-stealing scandal that earned Bregman and his teammates plenty of scorn.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Jacob Elordi is known for stealing hearts on and off-screen.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Peculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculating. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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