em·brace·or or em·brac·er ( m-br  s r)n. One guilty of attempting to influence a court illegally. [Middle English imbrasour, from Anglo-Norman embraceor, probably from embracer, to embrace, incite, influence a court by illegal means, from Old French; see embrace.] |
embraceor, embracer [ɪmˈbreɪsə]
n
(Law) Criminal law a person guilty of embracery
[from Old French embraseor, from embraser to instigate, literally: to set on fire, from braser to burn, from brese live coals]
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