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porch pirates

porch pirates is the plural of porch pirate.

Meaning of porch pirate

Noun

porch pirate (plural porch pirates)

  1. (slang) A criminal who steals a delivered package from a porch.
    • After Bohlan's home security system recorded a porch pirate stealing packages from his doorstep, he reported the theft to the police department...and volunteered his own doorstep as a place where police could leave "bait" packages to catch porch pirates.2018, Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader, page 271

Questions about porch pirates

What is porch pirates the plural of?
Porch pirates is the plural of porch pirate.

Words near porch pirates in the dictionary

  1. porch
  2. porch monkey
  3. porch monkeys
  4. porch piracy
  5. porch pirate
  6. porch pirates
  7. porch swing
  8. porch swings
  9. Porche
  10. porched
  11. Porcher

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