Peculate
Peculate verb - Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently for one's own use.
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Preempt
Preempt verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Usage example: the thoughtless teenagers had preempted front-row seats that were reserved for the guests of honor
Peculate and preempt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Peculate" instead a verb "Preempt".
Nearby Words: preemption, preemptive, preempting, preemptible
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Preempt and Peculate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/peculate/preempt
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