偸ちゅう盗とう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

robber; theft

Literary or historical term for a thief or the act of stealing. Rare in modern Japanese; 泥棒 (どろぼう) is the everyday word for 'thief'.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「偸ちゅう盗とう」という語ごが出でてくる。

  The word 偸盗 appears in old documents.

• 偸ちゅう盗とうを働はたらく者ものは厳きびしく罰ばっせられた。

  Those who committed theft were severely punished.