peculation

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“He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression,” he said, according to the minutes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2019

“He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

The whole town knows of his peculation, accepts it philosophically : "Hit's nachel — hit's nachel . . . evahthing what's bad is nachel."

From Time Magazine Archive

In many cases the institutions also succumbed to old-fashioned peculation.

From Time Magazine Archive

I said, more to sound him than for information, for this was one of the most favoured forms of peculation in the colonies.

From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton