Usually means: Private individual paid to catch thieves.
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  1. thief-taker: Wordnik
  2. thief-taker: Wiktionary
  3. Thief-taker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. thief-taker: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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noun:  (now chiefly historical) Someone whose job it is to find and capture thieves.

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