In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
THIEVE
hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
(verb) take by theft; “Someone snitched my wallet!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
thieve (third-person singular simple present thieves, present participle thieving, simple past and past participle thieved)
(intransitive) To commit theft.
Synonyms
• steal
• rob
Source: Wiktionary
Thieve, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Thieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Thieving.] Etym: [AS. ge.]
Definition: To practice theft; to steal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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