English Explanatory Dictionary

latrociny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Theft or robbery.

Word forms

latrociny latrocinies

Etymology

From Latin latrōcinium (“highway robbery, highway robbery”), from latrōcinor, from latrō (“brigand, robber, mercenary”) + -cinor (“verbal suffix”), from canō (“sing, recite, prophesy”).

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