चोरी chōrī

चोरी cōrī chori: (nf) theft, burglary, pilferage; —का काम/—की बात an underhand affair/a secret information; -चोरी clandestinely, stealthily; -छिपे stealthily, surreptitiously; —से stealthily, clandestinely; —का गुड़ मीठ?ा forbidden fruits are sweet; —का माल कुछ धर्मखाते बाकी हलाल cheating the devil and sharing a part of ill-begotten gains with the church;—का माल पचाना to whip the devil round the stump; to enjoy the fruits of evil doing; —का माल लेने वाला भी चोर the receiver of stolen goods is as bad as a thief, abetment of a crime is as bad as its commission.

H چوري चोरी ćorī [Prk. चोरिआ; S. चौरिका, rt. चुर्], s.f. Thieving, theft, robbery; trickery; stealth; hiding, concealment: — ćorī-ćorī, ćorī-se, adv. By stealth, secretly, on the sly, furtively, clandestinely: — ćorī-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Stolen: — ćorī karnā, v.t. To steal ( = ćurānā): — ćorī lagānā (-ko), To accuse of stealing, charge with theft: — ḍhor-ćorī, s.f. Cattle-lifting.