mtwaaji

How to say it

Meaning

a person who takes something by force, especially by seizing or carrying it off; a plunderer or robber.

Good to know

class 1/2 noun (m-/wa-); from -twaa (to take, seize); used for someone who forcibly takes or loots things.

Examples

• Mtwaaji aliingia usiku na kuiba mifugo.The plunderer came in at night and stole livestock.
• Je, mtwaaji yule alikamatwa?Was that plunderer caught?
• Hakuwa mtwaaji, alirudisha kila kitu.He was not a plunderer, he returned everything.
• Askari watawakamata watwaaji wote.The police will arrest all the plunderers.