单词 | defalcator |
释义 | defalcatorn. One guilty of defalcation; one who has misappropriated money or other property committed to his care. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > embezzler or peculator peculator1656 embezzler1667 defaulter1771 defalcator1805 grafter1896 grifter1915 1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled v. 128 Public defalcators. 1813 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 14/1 A..collector of the income tax in the parish of Christchurch Surry, has lately become a defalcator to the amount of £3,700. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iii. 409 Prevaricators, defalcators, imaginary workers, and slippery unjust persons. 1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 760/1 A defalcator convicted and sentenced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805 |
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