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walkaway
noun- a type of theft in which the thief walks away with another’s suitcase in a public place, leaving behind his suitcase as an alibi if apprehended US
- The walkway has a hundred variations which all come down to a distraction at the critical time when your luggage has not yet been assigned to the charge of one particular bellman. — Dev Collans with Stewart Sterling, I was a House Detective, p. 15, 1954
- the final step in a confidence swindle, in which the swindlers walk away with the victim’s money US
- We all get a little uptight right before the walkaway. It’s called an “anxiety reaction.” — Gerald Petievich, One-Shot Deal, p. 289, 1981
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