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ladrone n. a thief; robber; highwayman; rogue depeculation n. a robbing or embezzling desponsate adj. married adhorn v. to make a cuckold of According to legend, French highwayman Claude Duval agreed not to rob one gentleman if his wife would dance the courante with him by the wayside. He was hanged at Tyburn in 1670 “to the great grief of the women.” A memorial in Covent Garden reads, “Here lies DuVall: Reder, if male thou art, Look to thy purse; if female, to thy heart.”