speculating

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It would appear that many charges of the biographers were made upon the authority of a peculating servant whom Bront� had angered by dismissal.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

Or shall I tell him the story of Davoust at Hamburg, when the Syndicate accused him of peculating, and mentioned some millions that he had abstracted from the treasury.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Louis was firm and resolute in carrying out his will, and he caused the arrest of the peculating minister immediately after a magnificent f�te he had given in honor of his sovereign.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

It is due to Mr Tigg to say that he had really risen with his opportunities; and, peculating on a grander scale, he had become a grander man altogether.

From Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens, Charles

So you had much better marry me, my dear, and say good-bye to your peculating friends.

From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch