Yegg

//jɛɡ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. slang

    "1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars"

Verb
  1. 1
    To rob. slang

    "The bookmakers were yegged as they left the track in the era of the hand-books."

Synonyms

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petermanrobbersafecrackersafecrackeryeggmanyeggman

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"1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars"

Etymology

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