latrocinium

Meaning

1. (declension-2) military service for pay
2. (declension-2, figuratively) robbery, banditry, highway robbery, piracy, brigandage; pillage, plundering
3. (declension-2, figuratively) an act of banditry or brigandage
4. (declension-2, figuratively) band of robbers
5. (declension-2, figuratively) villany, roguery, fraud
6. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-2, derogatory, figuratively) an illegitimate church council, especially the Second Council of Ephesus

Concepts

villainy

highway robbery

plunder

brigandage

a gang of

mercenary service

hership

Synonyms

expilatio

Translations

soygunculuk

pillatge

ληστεία

Plünderung

Banditentum

αισχρότητα

saqueig

déprédation

pillage

sacco

banditismo

brigantaggio

saccheggio

roof

نهب

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɫa.troːˈkɪ.ni.ũː]

Etymology

From latrōcinor (“to rob, to fight for pay”) + -ium, from Latin latrō (“mercenary, brigand”).