booster
1
8.8
- noun
- /ˈbuːstər/
- Slang
:
ladrón de tiendas
- Jaime is familiar with quite a few of the court careers of other people, such as Tony, and Teresit's current boyfriend, Eric, and her ex-boyfriend Andray, so that it is not too difficult for him to figure out what this "small-time booster," as Tony had labeled him, might be facing.
All right, so a booster is someone who goes out and steals things.
- All right, so a booster is someone who goes out and steals things.
Examples
-
Does this look like boosters working the local Seven Eleven to you?
Fiction book (1995) -
Graco booster seat stolen from vehicle
Blog text (2) -
All right, so a booster is someone who goes out and steals things.
-
I lost a million-dollar signing bonus... ...because I took a $300 suit from a booster to go to a wedding.
-
They were robbers, boosters, hold-up and quick-scamming men and women working the variable con.
Fiction book (1997) -
A 30-year-old Elk River man reported to police that someone stole a Graco booster seat from his car while it was parked on Nov. 10 in his driveway in the 18000 block of Queen Street.
Blog text (2) -
A booster is someone who tries to steal clothes from department stores by hiding them in their bags.
-
The store installed new security cameras to catch boosters attempting to shoplift.
-
She reported the booster who was seen taking items from the shelf without paying.
Synonyms
754
1.0
A person who takes someone else's things without permission
18
3.1
A person who steals things from a shop while pretending to be a customer
4
4.6
A person who takes things that belong to others without permission
2
7.6
A person who secretly steals things without using force
1
9.2
A person who steals things
1
7.3
A person who steals small things without using force
1
7.9
A person who steals goods from a shop by hiding them
A person who steals things secretly
A thief who steals quietly without using violence
A person who illegally takes other people's things
Compounds
- Specialized
3
2.9
An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger
- Specialized
1
5.3
A large engine that gives a spacecraft its first push and falls off when empty
1
3.4
A thick insulated cable that connects two car batteries to start a car with a dead battery
- Specialized
1
3.9
An extra vaccine dose given after the first doses to increase protection
- Specialized
An electronic device that makes a signal stronger so it reaches farther
- Specialized
A place with equipment that makes weak communication signals stronger
- Specialized
The first part of a rocket that gives the strong push needed to lift it off
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Booster also comes from a slang use of boost meaning 'to steal', plus the ending -er, so it means 'one who steals'. This is why a shop booster is a person who steals goods from a store.