1600 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 23 There be land rats, and water rats, water theeues, and land theeues. View more context for this quotation
1865 C. Kingsley I. x. 229 I am Hereward the Berserker, the land-thief, the sea-thief.
1894 H. Spencer in 29 Aug. 8/2 The stronger peoples have been land-thieves from the beginning, and have remained land-thieves down to the present hour.