Jastrow: גָּזֵל

גָּזֵל, גֶּזֶל m. (b. h. גָּזֵל; גזל) robbery, wrong, oppression. Sabb. 32ᵇ בעוון ג׳ וכ׳ as a punishment for the crime of oppression, the locust rises &c. (ref. to Am. IV, 1 a. 9). Gen. R. s. 31, beg. שׁטופים בזימה ובג׳ steeped in lust and violence. Pes. 113ᵇ Canaan bequeathed to his sons … אהבו את הג׳ love ye violence. B. Kam. 80ᵇ אין בו משום ג׳ the law of robbery does not apply to it (it is not private property). Erub. 100ᵇ we should have learned ג׳ מנמלה the regard of property from the ant. B. Kam. 109ᵃ עד שיוציא גְּזֵילוֹ וכ׳ until he dispossesses himself of his robbery. Ib. שיוציא גזילה (corr. acc.). Ib.ᵇ גזילו יוצא וכ׳ his robbery must go out of his possession. Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ גזילו של גוי וכ׳ what has been illegitimately taken from a gentile, is forbidden (must be restored). Y. Gitt. IV, 45ᶜ מפני ג׳ השבט in order to protect the (priestly) tribe from loss; Y. Orl. II, 61ᵈ bot. מפני גיל השבט (corr. acc.); a. fr.