theftbote

English

Etymology

theft +‎ bote

Noun

theftbote (uncountable)

  1. (law, obsolete) The receiving of a person's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for theftbote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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