"Steal Men" & "Stealers"

[Wilson Gray]

Wasn't there once a rock group named "Stealers / Stealer's /  Stealers'
Wheel"?

-Wilson

On 5/4/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> "Steal men" and "stealers"? Are these terms used locally? What about
> "thieves"?
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> (GOOGLE NEWS)
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> _Operation Biker Boyz Breaks Up Alleged Theft  Ring_
> (http://www.nysun.com/article/32177)
> New York  Sun, NY -  <NOBR>13 ho
> ... "The Biker Boyz were nothing if not brazen," Police  Commissioner
> Raymond
> Kelly said. ... The "stealers" would get  about $2,500 for each bike they
> stole. ...
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> 4 May 2006, METRO NY, "NYPD busts 'Biker Boyz,'" pg.  2:
> Lengel, who also worked at a scaffolding company in Long Island  City,
> paid
> 17 alleged "steal men" about $2,500 for each motorcycle--and then  resold
> them
> for as much as $16,000, Kelly  said.
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