ˈfāgə̇n noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: after Fagin, a fence and trainer of children as pickpockets in the novel Oliver Twist (1837-39) by Charles Dickens died 1870 English novelist
: an adult who instructs others in crime ; especially : one who teaches children to steal
a kindly fagin who harbors a nest of adolescent thieves as runners for his goods — Time