five-finger discount - Wiktionary

five-finger discount (plural five-finger discounts). (slang, idiomatic, euphemistic) Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting. quotations ... five-fingerdiscount DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Seealso:fivefingerdiscount Contents 1English 1.1Alternativeforms 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Noun 1.3.1Translations 1.4Seealso English[edit] Alternativeforms[edit] fivefingerdiscount Pronunciation[edit] Audio(AU)(file) Noun[edit] five-fingerdiscount(pluralfive-fingerdiscounts) (slang,idiomatic,euphemistic)Theftorpilferage,typicallyofasmallitem;shoplifting. Synonyms:seeThesaurus:theft 1986,JamesEllroy,KillerontheRoad,AvonBooks,→ISBN,page28:IwasaburglarydetectiveforthreeyearsbeforeIjoinedtheSpeaker'sBureau,andyoumightsayImanagedtoacquireafewthingsatafive-fingerdiscount,ifyoucatchmydrift. Translations[edit] theft Finnish:taskualennus (fi)(slang),myymälävarkaus (fi),näpistys (fi) Seealso[edit] stickyfingers Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=five-finger_discount&oldid=62461726" Categories:EnglishtermswithaudiolinksEnglishlemmasEnglishnounsEnglishcountablenounsEnglishmultiwordtermsEnglishslangEnglishidiomsEnglisheuphemismsEnglishtermswithquotationsen:Crimeen:FiveHiddencategories:FinnishredlinksFinnishredlinks/t+ Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages