thief-taker en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) Someone whose job it is to find and capture thieves.
In the later 1690s Rewse became a successful thief-taker, reaping large rewards for the capture of Jacobite conspirators, clippers, and coiners.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 63:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thief-takers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |