latrocinari

latrocinari [CL], ~are [LL] 1 to harry, raid, loot. b (pr. ppl. as sb. m.) harrier, raider, looter. ipsos mutuo ‥ ~ando Gildas EB 19; dum [pirate] maria ~andi et predandi studio pervagantur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 3; [Romulus] cum inter pastores ~aret ‥ urbem exiguam in Monte Palatino constituit Eul. Hist. I 306; Capgr. Hen. 172 (v. furescere). b eas [ecclesias] ‥ contingere nulli ~ancium presumunt R. Cold. Cuthb. 129 p. 278. 2 to steal, pilfer. ~ari, clepere, furari, depilare, expilare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 324; nec molindinarius farinam et bladum in molendino ~ans huic ludibrio defuit Coggesh. Visio 26.

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