Yesterday's term was peculation, which is defined as. From Wordnik.com. [Define That Term #5] Reference
Who derives the benefit of peculation I am unable to state. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
There was no thievery—no political robbery or peculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
It was one in which peculation and venality were predominant. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Manilius was brought before him, and charged with peculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
There had been no fraud; no robbery; no purpose of peculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
Crawley, first baronet, for peculation in the Tape and Sealing Wax. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
The ministers guilty of peculation seek, O Bharata, to slay such informants. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
If it's peculation, and I'm right, I guess it would be the act of embezzling. From Wordnik.com. [Define That Term #4] Reference
Italians who should succeed in convicting a magistrate of peculation or extortion. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Within three weeks the host was a prisoner of State, accused of peculation in office. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
Rochester, and Barchester, and Dulwich, and St Cross, and all such hotbeds of peculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Warden] Reference
Whether this method of preventing peculation has been actually adopted, I have not learned. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
They are trying not to feed any peculation, any anxiety about precisely where they will go. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2001] Reference
We know how few persons can touch the money of kings without defiling themselves by peculation. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
That record is a perfect hole of peculation, insane risks, and the warped allocation of capital. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Worst Option, Except for All the Others] Reference
With opportunity came peculiar temptations to bribery and peculation, and to these he often succumbed. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Madame loved shopping, even for its own sake, but shopping with opportunities of peculation still more. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
The thing must assuredly lead to dispute, born of peculation, and fighting must be the inevitable result. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
‘A secretary may quarrel with the President, or he may have the gout, or be convicted of peculation.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Children] Reference
The whole system of government tended to peculation and jobbery -- to the enrichment of worthless officials. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
The malecontents took the opportunity to send home charges against Laudonnière of peculation, favoritism, and tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
The debt exploded with the recession, which was largely caused by untrammeled speculation and peculation on Wall Street. From Wordnik.com. [Robert L. Borosage: Bushwacking Obama: Conservatives Call for "Fixing" Social Security] Reference
Those same smirks and grins were used to slide past responsibility for the peculation and corruption of Labour members of parliament. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
I never heard Brigham's worst enemies accuse him of peculation, though such immense interests are controlled by his one pair of hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
Crime, intrigue, peculation, faithlessness, treachery, treason -- by these sins of others had his father risen to his position and his wealth. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Without these qualities in their public servants, more stringent laws for the prevention or punishment of fraud, negligence, and peculation will be vain. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
General in my time enriched himself by peculation to such an extent that he was at his wits 'end to know how to remit his ill-gotten gains clandestinely. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Freeling, on the other hand, while being no screener of jobbery and peculation, had not the strength of mind whereof jobbers and peculators do stand in dread. From Wordnik.com. [West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas] Reference
It concerned lovers of fair-play, because it was to be settled whether it is right to accuse a man of peculation whom you wish to convict of disagreeable manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
Cleophon is said to have been an influential alien resident who was opposed to concluding peace; Myrmex and Nicomachus were two officials guilty of peculation of public funds. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
It was not surprising that so much peculation should engender revolt. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Treasurer Norris was constantly accused by Leicester and Sidney of gross peculation. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Placed in control of the exchequer at a later period, he was never accused of robbery or peculation. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Inseparable as the words "speculation" and "peculation" have grown to be, John Bailey was not known to be in the stock market. From Wordnik.com. [The Circular Staircase] Reference
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