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
In many cases the institutions also succumbed to old-fashioned peculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
What if he then confessed his peculation to the bank president, tendering his check for the stolen sum, plus interest, and showing by his bank book that he was an important depositor?
From Time Magazine Archive
The Cardinal discovered the peculation, yet failed to trace it to its source; but when Guzman was rifling the chest on a second occasion his Eminence entered and caught him in the act.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
