klepht

/kleft/US // klɛft //UK // (klɛft) //

盗窃罪

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla.

They say Rhangos is going to join the Turks, as many other klepht leaders have done.
Meantime, the services of the notorious Klepht Achilles have been engaged.
He has taken the leadership of the coryphes, and now executes a dance which is called the "Klepht."
Whoever was not a klepht was the victim of some official extortioner.