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Meaning of thief-taker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Someone whose job it is to find and capture thieves.

historical

Examples

“In the later 1690s Rewse became a successful thief-taker, reaping large rewards for the capture of Jacobite conspirators, clippers, and coiners.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

thiefcraft thiefdom thiefess thiefhood thiefness thiefship