putter up

noun

A person who seeks out information of use to burglars, for example by ingratiating himself with the members of a household, and in return receives payment after the burglary is committed.

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Meanings

nounputter up (plural putters up)

plural putters up

  1. UKarchaicslangA person who seeks out information of use to burglars, for example by ingratiating himself with the members of a household, and in return receives payment after the burglary is committed.

    Should the "put-up job" succeed, the putter-up comes in for his share of the criminal spoil.

    1866, Good Words, page 414
    1 more example

    The thieves never take the putter up with them, nor do they allow him to know when they intend to crack the house.

    1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 353
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APA

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