embezzler vs peculator what difference
what is difference between embezzler and peculator
English
Etymology
embezzle + -er
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əmˈbɛzləɹ/
Noun
embezzler (plural embezzlers)
- one who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one’s employer; one who embezzles
- 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary
- It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.
- 2003, Will and Grace (TV, episode 5.23)
- At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.
- 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary
Synonyms
- peculator
Translations
English
Etymology
From Latin pecūlātor (“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium (“private property”).
Noun
peculator (plural peculators)
- A person who peculates; an embezzler
Related terms
- peculation
- peculate
Anagrams
- copulater, outparcel, outplacer, parcel out
Interlingua
Noun
peculator (plural peculatores)
- embezzler
Related terms
- peculato
Latin
Etymology
Agent noun formed from pecūlātus, perfect passive participle of pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from pecūlium (“private property”) + -or, agential ending.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.kuːˈlaː.tor/, [pɛkuːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔɾ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.kuˈla.tor/, [pɛkuˈlɑːt̪ɔr]
Noun
pecūlātor m (genitive pecūlātōris); third declension
- embezzler
- vocative singular of pecūlātor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
- interceptor
Related terms
- pecūlāns
- pecūlātus
- pecūlor
Descendants
- English: peculator
References
- peculator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- peculator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- peculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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