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booster
noun- a thief, especially a shoplifter or car thief US, 1908
- “Boosters,” Inspector Smith explained, “pick on out-of-state cars because they know the people are traveling and have a lot of stuff with ’em.” — San Francisco Call-Bulletin, 28 June 1949
- Martha had not been a booster when she worked for me[.] — Polly Adler, A House is Not a Home, p. 121, 1953
- — Jack Webb, The Badge, p. 220, 1958
- He would have a booster someday. He had made up his mind to that. — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 31, 1960
- Most male addicts are eventually pimps, boosters, or pushers. — Alexander Trocchi, Cain’s Book, p. 158, 1960
- That was the gang of organized boosters, who would deliver to order, in one day, C.O.D., any kind of garment you desired. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 66, 1964
- [H]e was always copping her furs, jewelry, etc., from the “Boosters” (junkie thieves) for practically nothing. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 97, 1967
- Then you ready for high school. She might decide that she wants to be a booster [thief]. — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 96, 1972
- “Now I ain’t flat,” said the beat-up cat / “We’re traveling boosters, you know.” — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 55, 1976
- Two cops blown away by a credit card booster–that don’t figure. — 48 Hours, 1982
- a full-time, career thief US
- — Robert C. Prus and C.R.D. Sharper, Road Hustler, p. 169, 1977
- a criminal who specialises in selling stolen goods US
- Some Boosters specialize in such wares as jewelry, cars, dope, etc. — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 11, 1985
- a confederate of a cheat who lures players to a card game, carnival concession or other game of chance US, 1906
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 30, 1981
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 24, 1987
- an additional dose of a drug taken to prolong intoxication US
- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 4, 1970
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