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# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[criminal]] who [[steal]]s a [[package]] from a [[porch]]. |
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[criminal]] who [[steal]]s a [[package]] from a [[porch]]. |
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#* '''2018''', ''Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader'', p. 271: |
#* '''2018''', ''Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader'', p. 271: |
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#*: After Bohlan's home security system recorded a '''porch pirate''' stealing packages from his doorstep, he reported the theft to the police department...and volunteered his own doorstep as a place where police could leave "bait" packages to catch '''porch pirates'''. |
#*: After Bohlan's home security system recorded a '''porch pirate''' stealing packages from his doorstep, he reported the theft to the police department...and volunteered his own doorstep as a place where police could leave "bait" packages to catch '''porch pirates'''. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Lauren Smiley|date=November 1, 2019|title=The '''Porch Pirate''' of Potrero Hill Can’t Believe It Came to This|journal=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/11/stealing-amazon-packages-age-nextdoor/598156/}} |
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* {{cite-journal|en|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4107272/online-shopping-home-deliveries-thefts/|journal=Global News|title=Porch pirates: Your home delivery may be stolen|author=Sean O'Shea|date=March 26, 2018}} |
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Revision as of 17:43, 23 March 2020
English
Noun
porch pirate (plural porch pirates)
- (slang) A criminal who steals a package from a porch.
- 2018, Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader, p. 271:
- After Bohlan's home security system recorded a porch pirate stealing packages from his doorstep, he reported the theft to the police department...and volunteered his own doorstep as a place where police could leave "bait" packages to catch porch pirates.
- 2019 November 1, Lauren Smiley, “The Porch Pirate of Potrero Hill Can’t Believe It Came to This”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- 2018, Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader, p. 271:
References
- Sean O'Shea (2018 March 26) “Porch pirates: Your home delivery may be stolen”, in Global News[2]