as in to usurp
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The order usurps spending and legislative powers belonging exclusively to Congress, and seizes the States' historic police powers to regulate the practice of medicine in violation of the Tenth Amendment.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2025 -
We are once again forced to remind everyone, including the GOP members of Congress who are apparently happy to stand by and watch their own authority be usurped and consolidated, that the president is not a king.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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About six years after Jackson deposited her inheritance in the bank, the Star reported that a bank employee siphoned her account and embezzled about $700,000.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Griffin, 69, was convicted in September of embezzling between $10,000 and $100,000 of public funds for personal use both during and after his first term as mayor of the small, impoverished village of Ford Heights.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit seized 148 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, according to a statement the sheriff's office posted to Facebook.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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The rebels on Friday also claimed to have seized a second airport in the region, in the town of Kavumu outside Bukavu.—
JUSTIN KABUMBA,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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That’s according to local TV outlets, all of which preempted regular coverage to focus on the conflagration.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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But instead, macOS preempts this task with directions for creating a passkey that will be synced through iCloud.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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Congress appropriates annual funds for almost all other federal agencies.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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In a wide-ranging executive order signed on his first day in office, Trump put an immediate pause to billions of dollars in funding allocated for EV charging stations appropriated through the climate law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, and the bipartisan infrastructure law approved in 2021.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Individuals found misusing public funds should be held accountable, including mandatory repayment of misappropriated funds and potential disciplinary actions.—
Pamella Pema Reid,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2025
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Whether Facebook and Instagram owner Meta misused financial data obtained from third parties has come under the microscope of the CFPB.—
Chris Arnold,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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Disney arrogates those traits, skills, and experiences, essentially using modern female ideals to challenge traditional masculine ideals.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 Dec. 2024
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Back before the federal government arrogated to itself an outsize role as financier of college education, the Wayne States of the world were where ambitious people who didn’t have a lot of money, who wanted to save money on college, or both, got their degrees.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
12 Oct. 2024
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The South African Government has not confiscated any land.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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So detectives confiscated his pants and swabbed his back pocket in case the culprit left behind DNA.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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