embezzler

An embezzler is one who commits the crime of embezzlement; one who fraudulently appropriates money or property for one’s own use despite being entrusted to take care of it; a peculator.

See also:Peculation

[Last reviewed in July of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]

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