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)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• peculator

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin pecūlātor (“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium (“private property”).

Noun

peculator (plural peculators)

1. A person who peculates; an embezzler

Related terms

• peculation
• peculate

Anagrams

• copulater, outparcel, outplacer, parcel out

Interlingua

Noun

peculator (plural peculatores)

1. 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

1. embezzler
2. 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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