| 单词 | land-thief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland-thief land-thief n. (a) one who robs on land or ashore; (b) a robber of land. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 23 There be land rats, and water rats, water theeues, and land theeues. View more context for this quotation 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward I. x. 229 I am Hereward the Berserker, the land-thief, the sea-thief. 1894 H. Spencer in Westm. Gaz. 29 Aug. 8/2 The stronger peoples have been land-thieves from the beginning, and have remained land-thieves down to the present hour. < as lemmas |
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