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Peculator

Peculator \Pec"u*la`tor\, n. [L.] One who peculates. ``Peculators of the public gold.''
--Cowper.

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peculator

n. A person who peculates; an embezzler

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peculator

n. someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use [syn: embezzler, defalcator]

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Peculator (gastropod)

Peculator is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, one family of mitres.

Usage examples of "peculator".

The bolt might have looked sound from the outside, but inside, there was nothing but falsework, crafty peculators at the dockyard having made off with the interior of the long copper bolt.

Owing probably, to these prejudices, and the influence of the peculators, he was treated, on his return to England, in a manner which had nearly driven him from the service.

Encouraged by the conduct of Lord Howe, and by his reception at court, Nelson renewed his attack upon the peculators with fresh spirit.