| 单词 | grab-game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrab-game grab-game n. (a) (see quot. 1859); (b) the policy of ‘grabbing’ territories, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > scheme > specific grab-coup1823 grab-game1846 prop game1966 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xxxii. 282 Provided you won't attempt the grab game on us. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Grab Game, a mode of swindling or rather stealing, practised by sharpers..Bets are made..when a dispute is purposely planned, in the midst of which one of the confederates seizes or ‘grabs’ the money at stake and runs off. The term is also used in a more general sense to signify stealing and making off with the booty. 1864 R. B. Kimball Was he Successful? ix. 116 A bold, daring, unscrupulous man, who, in the language of his acquaintances, practised the grab-game. 1895 Forum (N.Y.) May 265 This eventuated in preventing the grab-game of France. < as lemmas |
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