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

Ingenious, porcine Howard Hopson, charged with milking his now bankrupt $1,000,000,000 Associated Gas & Electric system of $20,000,000 in the biggest utility peculation of all time, went on trial for mail fraud and conspiracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

One spur to Colino's peculation was his authority to spend up to $500,000 without consulting Intelsat's board.

From Time Magazine Archive

The charge of peculation seems to have made no impression on the mind of a prince who would not have been slow to suspect, had there been any ground for suspicion.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling