| 单词 | gang-robber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgang-robber gang-robber n. a member of a gang of robbers; spec. = dacoit n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries dacoit1788 gang-robber1812 bush-ranger1817 klepht1820 flayer1832 ranger1840 dacoity1849 sticker-up1853 boh1888 demon1909 shifta1920 1812 5th Rep. Affairs E. India Company (House of Commons) i. ii. 115 They are allowed ten rupees from the government on the conviction of every decoit or gang robber apprehended by them. 1895 W. W. Hunter Old Missionary iv. 107 Two fraternities of gang-robbers, whom we had tracked down with much difficulty, escaped on their trial before Ayliffe as sessions judge. 1948 V. Purcell Chinese in Malaya xiv. 260 The Japanese tried to make people believe that all the guerillas were mere bands of terrorists and gang-robbers. 2009 E. A. Strahorn Environmental Hist. Postcolonial North India iii. 19 The tarai was the home of forest-dwelling tribals, free-roaming dacoits (gang-robbers), and beleaguered cultivators. < as lemmas |
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