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† ˈexpilator Obs. rare.
[a. L. expīlātor, f. expīlāre: see expilate.]
1. A pillager, plunderer.
1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. & Gard. Cyrus 15 For which the most barbarous Expilators found the most civil Rhetorick.
2. Civil Law. One who commits an act of expilation (see expilation 2).
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., An expilator was looked upon as a greater criminal than a common thief. |