† latrocinyn.
Obsolete.
1. Highway-robbery, brigandage, freebooting, plundering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun]
trailbaston1304
brigantaille1393
latrocinyc1430
brigancy1513
free-boot1598
freebootinga1599
brigandize1609
latronage1619
free-booty1649
moss-trooping1649
buccaneering1758
dacoiting1802
gang robbery1812
dacoity1813
free-bootery1813
brigandage1823
bush-ranging1832
mosstroopery1845
filibustering1856
klephtism1858
robberhood1863
brigandism1865
Vikingism1880
bushwhackerism1883
Vikingship1883
banditism1885
dacoitage1887
brigandry1909
banditry1922
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xvii. 144 Coutte bourse it is cleped, and latrosynie the defamede.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 337 These..possessed the mountaines and desart places of Thessaly, being giuen to all manner of Latrociny and Deprædation.
1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xlvii. 438 Publike Latrocinies, Rapes, Murthers, Hell vpon Earth.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 40 Escaping two dangers at once, ship~wreck and latrociny.
2. A band of robbers. In quots. transferred.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > band of robbers
latrociny1474
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. i. 161 A royame with oute haboundance of goodes..may better be callyd a latrocynye or a nest of theeuys than a royame.
1643 Maximes Unfolded 35 Because the faction sought by force to prevaile, it was aptly called a Latrocinie.
1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. iii. v. 381/2 When..Oppression ruled, and the Government was turned into a mere Latrociny.
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