peculated

verb

Definition of peculatednext
past tense of peculate
as in took over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculated
  1. embezzled
  2. appropriated
  3. attached
  4. seized
  5. confiscated
Verb
  • Among the total losses, $12 billion was ruled to have been embezzled, for which Lan was sentenced to death.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Tweed and his ring had embezzled millions of dollars from the city budget, lived large, and came down hard after enemies leaked evidence of their wrongdoing to the Times.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of embezzled
Verb
  • This appears to create a fund into which unlimited funds can be appropriated, guaranteeing that taxpayers will never get a refund of their tax dollars.
    Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within the branches.
    Molly Redden, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of appropriated
Verb
  • While sitting bundled up in a chair, Lefebvre wore large sunglasses with a paper plate filled with birdseed attached and waited for her first visitor.
    Rachael O'Connor, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • All of this guidance and more is attached to the recipe.
    The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of attached
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  • Laboratory analysis also identified heroin among the drugs seized.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Agents also seized roughly $420,000 in cash.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of seized
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  • Authorities also confiscated the suspects' passports and imposed restrictions on their communication with others.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In 2022, the Saudi ambassador in Beirut reported that the authorities in the kingdom had confiscated 700 million tablets smuggled from Lebanon since 2014.
    Tim Lister, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of confiscated
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“Peculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculated. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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