English

Noun

latrociny ‎(usually uncountable, plural latrocinies)

1. (obsolete) theft or robbery
   • 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.