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
Quite the contrary, he is said to have chafed angrily in private at the peculation he saw among other high government officials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thirty-two West Virginians, including a former Governor and other notables, were indicted last week for assorted acts of malfeasance and peculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the matter of the drawing from Chaucer, he had gone a step further down the steep slope of peculation.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne
