noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of theft in which one person would leap onto the back of a horse-drawn vehicle laden with goods and throw them down to an accomplice. obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   Theft by stealing one vehicle and transferring the goods to another. broadly, uncountable

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