| 单词 | river thief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver thief river thief n. a person who steals from boats on a river, esp. one who uses a boat to move around the river in search of opportunities for theft; frequently with reference to the Hudson River in New York; cf. river pirate n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > river-thief lumper1781 light horsemen1799 river thief1800 tier-ranger1853 1800 Edinb. Mag. July 55/2 There has for a considerable time existed a most extensive and alarming system of depredation upon the cargoes of outward-bound ships, in various ways, by this class of river thieves. 1853 C. Dickens Down with Tide in Househ. Words 5 Feb. 481/2 River thieves can always get rid of stolen property..by dropping it overboard. 1882 J. D. McCabe New York xxxiv. 518 Another dangerous class of criminals are the river thieves, or ‘River Pirates’. 1944 Amer. Anthropologist 46 472 For their ‘guard duty’ against river thieves, they can pick all the corn they wish, and receive seed for bean and potato patches. 2005 E. W. Blumhofer Her Heart can See xi. 291 The city's most famous onetime river thief and drunken thug was honored by an overflow crowd of respectable Protestants at the Broadway Tabernacle. < as lemmas |
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