Thesaurus results for PECULATED

peculated

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past tense of peculate

as in took over

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Che cited an Associated Press report that Paxton, the Texas attorney general since 2015, took over 275 out-of-state trips while in office.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
Strada took over the Department of Correction in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry.

— Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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The government is attempting to improve shattered services and open up an economy closed by the corrupt Assad regime, which ran the economy with an iron fist and embezzled billions for the Assad clan and their allies.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
Wilson also alleged Cameron and Holden embezzled 900,000 Australian dollars ($642,000) from a joint venture company set up to make the movie.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

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Some Democrats in Congress are now calling for investigations into whether money appropriated for border protection is being used to promote the president’s political message.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The president responded by saying his administration wouldn't spend the $257 million appropriated by Congress on renovating the building unless the building also bears his name.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of appropriated

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The companies argue that the local claims are preempted by federal laws such as the Clean Air Act.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Consider ongoing litigation between state governments and prediction-market companies, where the two sides are debating whether states are preempted from enforcing their gambling laws by a federal law on prediction markets.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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Jason Speaking of football-loving families, the Kelces seem to have usurped the Mannings for the sport’s first family.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
Howie Roseman acquired Bigsby after Week 1, and Bigsby eventually usurped Shipley as Barkley’s top backup.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Court findings, shared in 2025, showed that nearly 72% of the sheriff’s office spending was misattributed or misappropriated.

— Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
That’s one reason there are so many arguments over the value of a team, or an athlete, or sports more generally, as more and more money chases something essentially priceless—or misappropriated, depending on your view.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of misappropriated

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We are told Hat Trick Mercurio (HTM), the production company Mercurio runs with Hat Trick founder Jimmy Mulville, has submitted a proposal with Mercurio attached as an executive producer.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Although the Mitchell film Seyfried was attached to was nixed, director Cameron Crowe is behind another project, in which Meryl Streep is set to star as Mitchell in the later years of her life.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

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