单词 | upon the game |
释义 | > as lemmasupon the game a. Engaged in stealing, burglary, or the like. Also upon the game. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > by or in manner of theft [phrase] > engaged in theft on the game1839 upon (also on) the town1842 at or on the creep1928 on the knock-off1936 1739Upon the Old Game [see sense 7d]. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 163/1 On the game, thieving. 1892 Proc. Central Criminal Court 12 Sept. 1352 When he was charged he said, ‘Several of them have been on the game; I was pinched, and I kept the boots.’ 1905 Daily Chron. 14 Apr. 6/6 Paolillo pressed me to go out ‘on the game’. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May (1929) 33 He put her on the game (had her taught thieving). < as lemmas |
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