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yegg


yegg

noun \ˈyeg, ˈyāg\

Definition of YEGG

: safecracker; also : robber

Origin of YEGG

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1903

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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