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- Latin · derived fromlatrōcinium“highway robbery”
- English todaylatrociny
From Latin latrōcinium (“highway robbery”), from latrōcinor, from latrō (“brigand, robber, mercenary”) + -cinor (“verbal suffix”). Doublet of larceny.
Words from the same roots
Latinlatrōcinium all →
larceny
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