outside man
English
Noun
outside man (plural outside men)Category:English lemmas#OUTSIDEMANCategory:English nouns#OUTSIDEMANCategory:English countable nouns#OUTSIDEMANCategory:English multiword terms#OUTSIDEMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OUTSIDEMANCategory:Pages with entries#OUTSIDE%20MANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OUTSIDE%20MAN
- An accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster.
- Synonym: roper
- 1901, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia:
- Wilson and Haines concerned in actually obtaining the money, Flynn outside man […]Category:English terms with quotations#OUTSIDEMAN
- 1956, Chic Conwell, Edwin Hardin Sutherland, The Professional Thief, page 71:
- When he is shown that he can steal something from the outside man with whom he has already had contact he will say, "I don't feel that we should swindle him; he appears to be a nice chap."Category:English terms with quotations#OUTSIDEMAN
- 2012, Wilbur R. Miller, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America:
- For example, one person may have a specialty in cooling off the mark, while another is able to lure in the mark with ease; these people may be referred to as the “roper” or the “outside man”.Category:English terms with quotations#OUTSIDEMAN