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peculations

n. (plural of peculation English)

Usage examples of "peculations".

His beloved brother, Varro Lucullus, was also in trouble with Memmius, who sought to convict him for peculations alleged to have occurred years and years before.

Juncus, Caesar reflected, had been the start of his determination to end gubernatorial peculations and looting.

Add to that the stolen bounty and the other peculations of the Foulness Camp and it seemed to Sharpe that Sir Henry and Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood could be making a profit of close to seventy pounds a man.

Until now he had kept his peculations unobtrusive, but, he decided with fresh insight into his present position, there was no point in being subtle any longer!

Have you heard any stories of gargantuan peculations, of murder and rape and misappropriation?