Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peculator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peculator \Pec"u*la`tor\, n. [L.]
One who peculates. ``Peculators of the public gold.''
--Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peculator
n : someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own
use [syn: {embezzler}, {defalcator}]
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