yegg

Speech parts

1. yegg - Noun

2. yegg - Verb

Meaning

yegg (plural yeggs)

(cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.

yegg (third-person singular simple present yeggs, present participle yegging, simple past and past participle yegged)

(slang) To rob.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

raider bandit peterman robber culprit burglar kleptomaniac stealer looter shoplifter safecracker cracksman picklock mugger housebreaker
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Antonyms

bobby sergeant constable faro pharaoh bloodhound
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Anagrams

eggy

Examples

Panzram later claimed that while he had been a rotten yegg before imprisonment at the military pen any shred of goodness left in him was smashed out during his Leavenworth Military prision stint 1908-1910. Carl Panzram

However, we found an earlier example for “yegg” used in the criminal sense, in the February 1901 issue of McClure’s Magazine. Source: Internet

It blends a cast of sexy and larcenous guys and molls (and one pretty-boy rotten yegg), a wittily suspenseful buildup, and a gasp-provoking payoff into a highly palatable intoxicant. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Yeezy Yefrem yeg yeggman Yeghegnadzor Yeghiazarian