a thief, a robber Vin.i.74, Vin.i.75, Vin.i.88, Vin.i.149; SN.ii.100, SN.ii.128 = AN.ii.240; SN.ii.188 (gāmaghāta, etc.); SN.iv.173; MN.ii.74 = Thag.786; AN.i.48; AN.ii.121 sq.; AN.iv.92, AN.iv.278; Snp.135, Snp.616, Snp.652; Ja.i.264 (˚rājā, the robber king); Ja.ii.104; Ja.iii.84; Mil.20; Vism.180 (sah’ oḍḍha c.), Vism.314 (in simile), Vism.489 (rāja-puris ânubandha˚, in comparison), Vism.569 (andhakāre corassa hattha-pasāraṇaṃ viya); Dhp-a.ii.30; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.54, Pv-a.274- mahā˚; a great robber Vin.iii.89; DN.iii.203; AN.i.153 AN.iii.128; AN.iv.339; Mil.185
■ Often used in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 87.
- -āṭavi wood of robbers Vism.190;
- -upaddava an attack from robbers Ja.i.267;
- -kathā talk about thieves (one of the forbidden pastimes, see kathā) DN.i.7 = Vin.i.188≈;
- -ghātaka an executioner AN.ii.207; Ja.iii.178 Ja.iv.447; Ja.v.303; Pv-a.5.
cur, corayati to steal; Dhtp.530 = theyye