| 单词 | high law |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh law high law n. cant (now historical) highway robbery. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > highway robbery high lawc1555 highway robbery1611 padding1649 pad1652 snaffling-lay1752 scamp1786 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. B.v Sackynge Lawe signifieth horedome, Hyghe law, robbery, Figginge law, picke purse crafte. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay 18 Other terms, as sacking law, high law, figgin law, and such like. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 7 There be also other Lawes, as High Law, Sacking Law, Figging Law, Cheting Law. 1620 in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 14 If a Bung be got by the hie Law, Then straight I doe attend them. 1913 F. Aydelotte Elizabethan Rogues & Vagabonds iv. 98 High Law, or highway robbery..was a kind of thieving which seems to have been considered fit for a gentleman. < as lemmas |
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