故こ買ばい者しゃ

noun

receiver of stolen goods; fence

Legal term for a person who knowingly buys stolen property. In everyday speech, more common words like 盗品買い (とうひんかい) or 盗品等譲受人 (とうひんとうゆずりうけにん) may be used, but 故買者 is the precise legal designation.

• 故こ買ばい者しゃとして逮たい捕ほされた。

  He was arrested as a receiver of stolen goods.

• 法ほう律りつ上じょう、故こ買ばい者しゃは盗とう品ひんと知しりながら購こう入にゅうした者ものを指さす。

  Legally, a 故買者 refers to a person who purchased goods knowing they were stolen.