Latrociny Definition

The whole civil power was lodged in such hands as had secret instructions from court to vex and ill treat the Israelites; and when matters were come to crisis, that oppression ruled, and the government was turned into a mere latrociny, private force upon any proper occasion, must be deemed lawful in all [...]

There are yet one or two instances of this cunning latrociny which occurs to us as too rich not be noted.