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Meaning of PECULATOR

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use
 
 Synonyms: defalcator, embezzler
 
 See Also: stealer, thief

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pec"u*la`tor\, n. [L.]
One who peculates. ``Peculators of the public gold.''
--Cowper.
 

 

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