theftbote
nounEtymology
From theft + bote.
- derived from *bōtu✻
- derived from bōt — “help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”
- learned borrowing from bōte — “advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”
Definitions
The receiving of a person's goods back from a thief, or a compensation for them, with the…
The receiving of a person's goods back from a thief, or a compensation for them, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA