defalcator
(ˈdiːfælkeɪtə(r))
[agent-n. on L. type from med.L. dēfalcāre: see defalcate.]
One guilty of defalcation; one who has misappropriated money or other property committed to his care.
| 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 {pstlg}3,700. 1858 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1865) I. iv. iii. 290 Prevaricators, defalcators, imaginary workers, and slippery unjust persons. 1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 760/1 A defalcator convicted and sentenced. |