fleddern

Meaning

to steal (clothes, valuables) from someone helpless, especially a corpse, but also a drunk person etc.

Concepts

scavenge

Translations

dévaliser

fouiller dans les ordures

derubare

saquear

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflɛdɐn/

Etymology

Said to be from thieves’ cant (Rotwelsch) fladdern (“to wash”). On the face of it, identity with etymology 2 below might also be considerable.