חַמְסָן, (preced.) violent man, extortioner. B. Kam. 62ᵃ (defining the difference between the ח׳ and the גַּזְלָן) ח׳ יהיב וכ׳ the ḥamsan takes by force and pays.—Pl. חַמְסָנִים, חַמְסָנִין. Snh. 25ᵇ הוסיפו עליהן … והח׳ (Ar. והחוֹ׳) they added to them (the class of persons disqualified for judges or witnesses) the robbers and those taking forcibly (and paying); Y. Shebu. VII, 37ᵈ bot.; Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᶜ top.