Peculation

Word PECULATION
Character 10
Hyphenation pec u la tion
Pronunciations N/A

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The word "peculation" in example sentences

S peculation is rampant that Bush is preparing to nominate Sam Alito of the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The nabobs, as they were called -- the company's servants and directors who survived the appalling climate and who returned to England after a few years with immense fortunes wrung by extortion and peculation from the Indian princes and the Indian trade. ❋ Unknown (1960)

A Persian who has spent his life in peculation, or in amassing wealth by interest at 100 per cent., or even 200 at times, when his days are closing, resolves to win heaven and a good reputation by relieving the thirst of his fellow-citizens in the above way. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Yesterday's term was peculation, which is defined as: ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hence according to the present judgment the pain of death is not inflicted for theft which does not inflict an irreparable harm, except when it is aggravated by some grave circumstance, as in the case of sacrilege which is the theft of a sacred thing, of peculation, which is theft of common property, as ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

He, however, transmitted to the government at Calcutta a partial representation of the state of the provinces, the substance of which was, that the natives were exposed to every kind of peculation, and that the country was in a horrible state of confusion and disorder. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

"For the latter part of the power of the prerogative, or that whereby they are the supreme judicatory of this nation, and of the provinces of the same, the cognizances of crimes against the majesty of the people, such as high treason, as also of peculation, that is, robbery of the treasury, or defraudation of the commonwealth, appertains to this tribe. ❋ James Harrington (1644)

That record is a perfect hole of peculation, insane risks, and the warped allocation of capital. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“And not only do they lie; they lie not for the everyday, ordinary purposes of men, to conceal peculation, addiction, or a stance overly wide; no!” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. McLynn is as unsparing of the senior commanders in Burma as they were of each other: The "mentally unstable" Wingate is posthumously diagnosed with bipolar disorder; Chennault suffered from "monomania," was "essentially false" and "joined in the Chinese elite's corruption and peculation with avidity"; Chiang is described as having given his second wife a nasty venereal disease on their wedding night. ❋ Andrew Roberts (2011)

But this, as with much relating to Deane, remains in dispute, and like all the charges of peculation by Deane, is argued against by his unremitting poverty. ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

Here Ferguson continued to regard Morris with suspicion, but his critique now extended well past the question of personal peculation. ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

Here Bryan assembled all the charges ever raised by the Lees, Henry Laurens, and Theveneau de Francy—that Morris was bankrupt at the outset of the war, that his position with the Secret Committee “afforded unrestrained scope to peculation and embezzlement of the public property,” and that by charging losses to the public account, and successful ventures to his own, he had become wealthy. ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

That Speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seems to have got the better of every other consideration. ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

-- Veteran Blade reporter Lou Chibbaro Jr. has a report on the departure of city AIDS czar Shannon Hader, airing "[s] peculation that the resignation could be linked to disagreements between her and the director of the Department of Health, Dr. Pierre Vigilance, under whom she served" and that "Hader and Vigilance clashed over differences in management style." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those same smirks and grins were used to slide past responsibility for the peculation and corruption of Labour members of parliament. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The debt exploded with the recession, which was largely caused by untrammeled speculation and peculation on Wall Street. ❋ Robert L. Borosage (2010)

He revered some members of the federal Convention, but regarded others as “of small consequence” and “a number” were suspected “of notorious peculation and fraud, with regard to public property in the hour of our distress.” ❋ Pauline Maier (2010)

"It was very peculantic of me [to invent] a word, just to get in the Urban Dictionary". With [peculance] he falsely [submitted] his definition. ❋ Dokkeabi Off Of Kalonline (2010)

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