† expilatorn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A pillager, plunderer.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]
riflera1350
ravenerc1384
pillerc1385
preyerc1390
raptora1398
peelera1425
despoiler1467
spulyierc1475
pillardc1485
ruggerc1485
pollera1513
booty-fellow1530
spoiler1535
caterpillar1541
kitea1556
ransacker?1576
predator1581
lurdan1589
worm1591
scraper1598
pillager?1611
ravager1611
bird of preya1616
depredator1626
plunderer1639
expilator1658
shark1713
depredationist1828
spoliator1831
rapiner1843
ravisher1851
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 41 For which the most barbarous Expilators found the most civill Rhetorick.
2. Civil Law. One who commits an act of expilation (see expilation n. 2).
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. An expilator was looked upon as a greater criminal than a common thief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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