Monday's slang word of the day: fence

Today's slang word of the day is fence. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.

fence

noun

• a person who purchases known-stolen goods to re-sell them.

  Take this to the fence on 3rd street.

  • See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to sell stolen goods.

  Last edited on Jun 12 2013. Submitted by Michael David from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Dec 14 1996.

verb - transitive

• to sell stolen goods. An old organized crime term.

                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Jeu Monegasque", Archer (TV), Season 2 Episode 11 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to sell stolen goods.

  Last edited on Jul 11 2011. Submitted by Michael David from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Dec 14 1996.

Enjoy!

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com) from The Online Slang Dictionary

P.S. Sorry about the blacked out citations. Google penalizes the dictionary if I show them. (There's a bunch of information about the penalty here.)