Word Meanings - LADRONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.
Related words: (words related to LADRONE)
- RASCALITY
1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. 2. The poorer and lower classes of people. The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson. - ROGUERY
1. The life of a vargant. 2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. 'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden. 3. Arch tricks; mischievousness. - RASCALLY
Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty. Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. Swift. - ROBBERY
The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2. Note: Robbery, in a strict sense, differs from theft, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is committed by stealth, or privately. Syn. -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; - ROGUE
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the - ROGUESHIP
The quality or state of being a rogue. "Your rogueship." Dryden. - HENCE
ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send - RASCALLION
A low, mean wretch - HENCEFORWARD
From this time forward; henceforth. - LOOSELY
In a loose manner. - RASCALESS
A female rascal. - RASCAL
racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. 1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, - ROBBER
One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton. Syn. -- Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; - PIRATE
1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor. 2. An - HENCEFORTH
From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton. - RASCALDOM
State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively. Emerson. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - THENCEFROM
From that place. - BROGUES
Breeches. Shenstone. - THENCE
see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark - ARCHENCEPHALA
The division that includes man alone. R. Owen. - THENCEFORTH
From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12. - SUPRASCALPULAR; SUPRASCALPULARY
Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula. - ASPIRATE
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant. (more info) or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. - WHENCEEVER
Whencesoever. - PROGUE
To prog. P. Fletcher.