英语词汇“gentleman thief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gentleman thief n. a man of high social status who engages in non-violent, financial crime (occurring esp. as a stock character in fiction, drama, etc.).

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1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Bii^v With greate admiration this gentleman thiefe begane to bless hym.

1745 Proc. Old Bailey 4 Dec. 13/2 Brooks, speaking of the Prisoner at the Bar, said he was a Gentleman-Thief.

1899 Public Opinion 27 Apr. 538/2 The ‘gentleman thief’ is by no means new in fiction, but we have never had a better example than the Raffles of E. W. Hornung's ‘The Amateur Cracksman’.

2016 Tamworth Herald (Nexis) 22 Sept. Turpin was a far cry from the dashing and romantic gentleman thief often depicted in popular literature and ‘penny dreadfuls’.

单词	gentleman thief
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