whēnako
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to cheat, steal, rob, embezzle.
Nō te pānuitanga tuarua i te tau 1882, ka whakawhiua e ia te kāwanatanga, he whakapai kanohi nōna ki te iwi Māori, he whēnako whenua (TTR 1990:338). / On its second reading in 1882 he accused the government of racial hypocrisy and land-grabbing.
2. (modifier) cheating, stealing, robbing, embezzling.
I ohorere a Te Pahi ki ngā tikanga me ngā ture a te Pākehā, he whakahouhou; i ongaonga rawa atu ia i te taumaha o ngā whakawhiu a te Pākehā mō ngā hara whēnako, ehara noa iho nei (TTR 1990:240). / Te Pahi was shocked and disgusted by the customs and laws of the Pākehā; he was horrified by the severity of Pākehā sentences for minor theft.
3. (noun) thief, theft, thieving, robbery.
Ka whakatapua te waipiro, te whēnako, te pūremu. / Alcohol, theft and adultery were prohibited.
See also whānako
