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peculator (s) (noun), peculators (pl)
1. Someone who misappropriates public funds or public property: The peculator, who was the city’s treasurer, was finally exposed to the public after having been proven to have stolen a hundred thousand dollars from the city’s savings.
2. Etymology: from Latin peculatus, past participle of peculari, "to embezzle public money", from peculium, "private property"; literally, "property in cattle" which in the past has represented "wealth".
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