thief-takern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthief-ˌtaker.

One who detects and captures a thief; spec. one of a company who undertook the detection and arrest of thieves.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > one who detects and captures thieves

thief-taker1535

prig-napper1676

thief-catcher1732

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > a pursuer or detective

thief-taker1535

beagle1559

thief-catcher1732

bloodhound1818

sleuth-hound1856

Richard1914

prodnose1965

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 87 The theif takar suld haif the forder spald.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 128 Served the State in the Quality of Marshal's Men, and Thief Takers.

1718 C. Hitchin (title) A true discovery of the conduct of receivers and thief-takers in and about the City of London.

1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 76/2 Two thief-takers, in hopes of entrapping the highwayman.., set out..like travellers.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxi. 293 A body of thief-takers had been keeping watch in the house all night.

Derivatives

thief-taking n. (in See quot. 1771 attributive).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [adjective] > detecting and capturing thieves

thief-catching1737

thief-taking1771

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 87 He had been for some time in the snares of the thief-taking society.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	thief-taker
释义	thief-takern. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthief-ˌtaker. One who detects and captures a thief; spec. one of a company who undertook the detection and arrest of thieves. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > one who detects and captures thieves thief-taker1535 prig-napper1676 thief-catcher1732 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > a pursuer or detective thief-taker1535 beagle1559 thief-catcher1732 bloodhound1818 sleuth-hound1856 Richard1914 prodnose1965 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 87 The theif takar suld haif the forder spald. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 128 Served the State in the Quality of Marshal's Men, and Thief Takers. 1718 C. Hitchin (title) A true discovery of the conduct of receivers and thief-takers in and about the City of London. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 76/2 Two thief-takers, in hopes of entrapping the highwayman.., set out..like travellers. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxi. 293 A body of thief-takers had been keeping watch in the house all night. Derivatives thief-taking n. (in See quot. 1771 attributive). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [adjective] > detecting and capturing thieves thief-catching1737 thief-taking1771 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 87 He had been for some time in the snares of the thief-taking society. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1535
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