Petty theft, means really the peculations and thefts of a mercenary. (Greek latron, hire [latris, a hire-ling]; Latin latro, a mercenary, whence latrocinium; French, larcin.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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