elder distraction crime
n.— «I recalled a crime reenactment on television showing how an elderly woman was guided into a back room of her house while another person entered the front door and burgled the home.…These are referred to as “elder distraction” crimes.» —by Cara Alson Valley News (San Fernando, California) May 18, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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