Senses
窃国者侯,窃钩者诛/ 竊國者侯,竊鉤者誅 to steal the whole country and be made a prince, to steal a hook and be executed
Commonly used idiom from the Daoist classic 庄子 describing double standards in justice: big crimes go unpunished while small ones are severely punished.
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