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fence definition - legal

n

v

  1. An individual who buys and resells stolen goods or receives them on consignment.
  2. To buy stolen goods for resale, or receive them on consignment.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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