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.

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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.

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Example Sentences

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

Among other achievements, Dr. Fagin was widely credited with overturning the common practice of strictly limiting parental visits to hospitalized children.

From New York Times

Simpson’s recollections are included in an oral history collection at the Sixth Floor Museum that now includes about 2,500 recordings, according to Fagin.

From Seattle Times