| A striking instance of their peculation appeared in a circumstance that was connected with the British Embassy. |
| Another ill effect of the exclusion would be the temptation to sordid views, to peculation, and, in some instances, to usurpation. |
| Bulfinch, a solicitor at Redcastle, came to him with irrefragable proofs of gross peculation on the part of the bailiff. |
| She considered herself engaged to be married to a Scotch propaganda officer who had been dismissed for peculation and gone home to sell cars. |
| They looked about them and observed that politicians are, like most men, weak and corrupt, much given to hypocrisy and peculation. |
| They have no compunction about robbing their government by peculation, but treachery is not their mtier. |
