peculator

Other forms: peculators

Definitions of peculator
  1. noun
    someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
    synonyms: defalcator, embezzler
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    type of:
    beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    stealer, thief
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
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