Common thief
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
One who by practice and habit is a thief; of, in some states, one who has been convicted of three distinct larcenies at the same term of court World v. State, 50 Md. 54; Com. v. Hope, 22 Pick. (Mass.) 1; Stevens v. Com., 4 Mete. (Mass.) 364.