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Losing Head Gambler Becomes An Embezzler Crossword Clue

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noun

• someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use

42%10 Plunger becomes embezzler
noun

• someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts

• someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

33%12Embezzler
noun

• someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)

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