peculator
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peculators
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He is a peculator for the good of his country.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Had the Colony shop been ever so justly and honestly conducted it could not be popular, how much less so must it have been in the hands of Alexander Macdonell, the peculator and deceiver.
From The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba by George Bryce
Consider the shades of meanings among such word-groups as thief, peculator, defaulter, embezzler, burglar, yeggman, robber, bandit, marauder, pirate, and many more; or the distinctions among Hebrew, Jew, Israelite, and Semite.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey
It is, at any rate, something in his favour that he remained in office till his death, unless he was kept there on the principle of setting a peculator to catch a peculator.
From The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 by William Painter
The man who was not a sinecurist or a peculator was pretty sure to be a profligate or a gambler.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
Ben runs away to Chicago, sin city, carnival to a million peculators in wheat, meat and railways.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, my Lords, I must beg you to recollect Mr. Hastings's proceeding with Gunga Govind Sing, and to contrast his conduct towards these two peculators with his proceeding towards Durbege Sing.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Encouraged by the conduct of Lord Howe, and by his reception at court, Nelson renewed his attack upon the peculators with fresh spirit.
From The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey
Add what has gone into the hands of peculators since the formation of our Republic—it would sustain that navy for thirty years.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
That filthy fellow, the Duke of Wharton, from being an empty fop turned himself on a sudden into a Crown attorney to prosecute the peculators.
From The Lion's Skin by Rafael Sabatini
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