free-bagging n.— «Some thieves infiltrate the store’s staff itself, working as cashiers to allow conspirators to stuff extra items in their bags at checkout—a practice called “free-bagging.”» —“Organized shoplifting rings prey on stores” by Eric...
Cinderella complex n.— «Poor old Cinderella never intended to be a social climber—but her rags-to-riches tale has given hope to countless upwardly mobile little girls over the years. They should be careful, however, not to fall prey to the...
sea-gulling v.— «A digger will then take a single stab with his spade, reach elbow-deep into the frigid mud, and yank out his prey. Then he tosses the captured clam between his legs into a five-foot-long sack he drags along. Digging too close to...
cuff and stuff v.— «Last year, with the help of police, Turner got an incorrigible trash dumper “cuffed and stuffed.”» —“Junk cars, trashed yards their prey” by Maureen Harrington Denver Post (Colo.) Mar. 11, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued...
phish v.— «Phishing attacks are typically sent by e-mail directing the recipients to a phony Web site and asking them to enter private financial information, such as credit card, Social Security and bank account numbers. The information is then...