surreptio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

surreptĭo (subr-), ōnis, f. [surripio],

a stealing , purloining , theft : surreptionem factitasse, Ap. Met. 10, 15, 3; per surreptionem elicere, i. e. by deception or subreption , Cod. Just. 1, 14, 2.