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Meaning of peculator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[pɛ.kuːˈɫaː.tɔr]

Definitions

  1. embezzler
    declension-3
  2. Equivalent to 'Embezzler': One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.

Equivalents

English Embezzler
Español malversador
Gaeilge cúigleálaí
Latina āversor
Português estelionatário
Svenska förskingrare
Kiswahili tapeli

Examples

“mox compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse ut peculatorem flagitari iussit.”

it being soon discovered that he had embezzled the public money, he directed that he should be prosecuted as a peculator.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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