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Revision as of 07:06, 30 August 2022
English
Noun
porch pirate (plural porch pirates)
- (slang, criminology) A criminal who steals a delivered 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:
Related terms
Translations
criminal
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References
- Sean O'Shea (2018 March 26) “Porch pirates: Your home delivery may be stolen”, in Global News[2]
Further reading
- Mail robbery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia