receleur

French

Alternative forms

• recéleur

Etymology

From receler +‎ -eur

Pronunciation

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Noun

receleur m (plural receleurs, feminine receleuse)

1. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a fence, a receiver (of stolen goods).
   • 2004, Frédéric Pardo, Le groupe en droit pénal, page 265.

     Professionnel des affaires véreuses, le receleur est un personnage dangereux que le législateur a constamment cherché à frapper sévèrement.

     As a professional of dodgy matters, the fence is a dangerous person whom the legislator has constantly sought to hit where it hurts.

Further reading

• “receleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.