賊

Meaning

賊 centers on a person who takes or acts against rightful order: a burglar or robber who steals property, or a rebel or traitor who betrays a group or state.

• 烏賊いか
  N1

  cuttlefish; squid

• 海賊かいぞく

  pirate

• 盗賊とうぞく

  thief; robber; burglar; bandit

• 山賊さんぞく

  bandit; brigand

• 海賊版かいぞくばん
  N1

  pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy

• 賊ぞく

  thief; robber; burglar

• 国賊こくぞく

  traitor (to one's country)

• 蛍烏賊ほたるいか

  firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

• 逆賊ぎゃくぞく

  rebel; traitor; insurgent

• 義賊ぎぞく

  chivalrous thief

• 賊軍ぞくぐん

  rebel army

• 馬賊ばぞく

  mounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty)

• 槍烏賊やりいか

  spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)

• 乱臣賊子らんしんぞくし

  rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor

• 余賊よぞく

  remaining bandits; unconquered rebels; escaped thieves

• 凶賊きょうぞく

  violent robber; villain

• 剣先烏賊けんさきいか

  swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)

• 勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん

  might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army

• 匪賊ひぞく

  bandit; rebel

• 反賊はんぞく

  rebel

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