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Fagin

American  
[fey-gin] / ˈfeɪ gɪn /

noun

  1. (in Dickens'Oliver Twist ) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.

  2. Also fagin. a person who teaches crime to others.


Fagin Cultural  
  1. A villain in the novel Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. The unscrupulous, miserly Fagin teaches Oliver Twist and other orphaned boys to pick pockets and steal for him.


Example Sentences

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He did hilarious impressions of people like his cousin Fagin Springer, a singing evangelist from Virginia, and the tough old cowhands on his uncle’s Montana ranch.

From Los Angeles Times

“This does appear to be the new normal for western monarchs, and it’s very concerning,” said Dan Fagin, a professor of science journalism at New York University who is writing a book on monarch butterflies.

From Los Angeles Times

It said Friday that Steven Fagin, the U.S. ambassador to Yemen, will serve as the civilian lead at the center.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fagin has long experience in the Middle East.

From Barron's

Flanagan at Largo — who owns Largo — he’s the reason I love L.A. and he sort of took me in, I think of him like Fagin in “Oliver.”

From Los Angeles Times