Citations:latrociny


 * 1832 W H. Armstrong, The poetic negligée, by Caleb, p138
 * Of all thefts, I think literary latrociny the least to be excused; and if I had the drawing up of a new penal code, I would certainly make plagiary death, (ay, outright death,) without the benefit of clergy.
 * 1836 Daniel Dewar, A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and dissertations, and a complete index by D. Dewar, p250
 * The whole civil power was lodged in such hands as had secret instructions from court to vex and ill treat the Israelites; and when matters were come to crisis, that oppression ruled, and the government was turned into a mere latrociny, private force upon any proper occasion, must be deemed lawful in all [...]
 * 1845 The American Whig review, Volume 1, Wiley and Putnam, p273
 * There are yet one or two instances of this cunning latrociny which occurs to us as too rich not be noted.