accapareur

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He was slain as an "accapareur," a monopolist, by the populace, instigated by

Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824
The computation has been put forward that in the year 1789 one-half of the population of France had known from experience the meaning of the {28} word hunger; can it be wondered if the curse of a whole people was attached to any man of whom it might be said that he was an _accapareur de blé_?

The French Revolution A Short History 1893
A morbid streak fast developed into a mania of persecution and suspicion, and it was by giving free rein to his imagination in that respect that he came into line with the frenzy of starving women and declaiming demagogues ready to believe every accusation, and to rend every _accapareur_.

The French Revolution A Short History 1893