cora : [m.] a thief; robber.
Cora [cur, corayati to steal; Dhtp 530=theyye] a thief, a robber Vin i.74, 75, 88, 149; S ii.100, 128=A ii.240; S ii.188 (gāmaghāta, etc.); iv.173; M ii.74=Th 1, 786; A i.48; ii.121 sq.; iv.92, 278; Sn 135, 616, 652; J i.264 (˚rājā, the robber king); ii.104; iii.84; Miln 20; Vism 180 (sah' oḍḍha c.), 314 (in simile), 489 (rāja -- puris' ânubandha˚, in comparison), 569 (andhakāre corassa hattha -- pasāraṇaŋ viya); DhA ii.30; PvA 3, 54, 274. -- mahā˚ a great robber Vin iii.89; D iii.203; Ai.153; iii.128; iv.339; Miln 185. -- Often used in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 87.
-- âṭavi wood of robbers Vism 190; -- upaddava an attack from robbers J i.267; -- kathā talk about thieves (one of the forbidden pastimes, see kathā) Di.7=Vin i.188≈; -- ghātaka an executioner A ii.207; J iii.178; iv.447; v.303; PvA 5.
cora: m. 盜賊