porch pirate
English
Noun
porch pirate (plural porch pirates)
- (slang, criminology, neologism) 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:
- 2018, Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader, p. 271:
Related terms
- Thesaurus:thief
Translations
criminal
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References
- Sean O'Shea (March 26, 2018), “Porch pirates: Your home delivery may be stolen”, in Global News
Further reading
Mail robbery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia