stop thief! a cry for help to arrest a running thief. Also slang (see quot. 1857).
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > under arrest [phrase] > cry for help to arrest thief (2) stop thief!1714 stop thief! a cry for help to arrest a running thief. Also slang (see quot. 1857). hot beef1861 (a) int. ‘Stop thief!’; (b) n. a cry of this, as in to give (a person) hot beef. |
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