单词 | thiefdom |
释义 | thiefdomthievedomn. 1. The practice of theft; thieving, robbery. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 α. β. 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid x. Dd iij Who did their league by theuedom breke?1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 153 A' we made by our thievdom, was—I lost a tooth and had my dowg's tail destroyed.?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. xi. 180 The grettist thyffdomme of all is Sacrilege, in robbing of the goodes appointid to an holye vse. 2. The realm or domain of thieves. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > thieves collectively family1712 thiefdom1862 α. β. 1862 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 645 A fiddler to play at the thievedom carnivals.1870 H. W. Holland in Good Words June 391/2 In the interior of thievedom they have public-houses, beer-houses, shops, and lodging-houses, almost entirely to themselves.1864 Sat. Rev. 27 Aug. 272/1 A narrative illustrative of London thiefdom. 1888 A. Wardrop Poems & Sketches 193 Literary thiefdom and Yankeedom are now synonymous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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