| They have no compunction about robbing their government by peculation, but treachery is not their mtier. |
| He obtained his discharge, brought an accusation of peculation against some of his former officers, and in 1792 retired, first to France then to America, to avoid prosecution. |
| A striking instance of their peculation appeared in a circumstance that was connected with the British Embassy. |
| Whether royal servants consistently made fortunes from fees and peculation seems doubtful. |
| She replied that if his Highness's presents were accounted to her as peculation, she had been guilty. |
| If found guilty of corruption or peculation, they are imprisoned for three years in a bagnio. |
