Le ---- à domicile is practised by rogues known under the following denominations:--“Le bonjourier,” see this word; “le cambrioleur,” _who operates in apartments_; “le caroubleur,” _who effects an entrance by means of skeleton keys_; “le chevalier du pince-linge,” _one who steals linen_, “snow-gatherer;” “le déménageur,” _who takes possession of articles of furniture, descending the staircase backwards, so that on an emergency he may at once make a show of ascending, as if he were bringing in furniture_; “le grinchisseur à la desserte,” _thief who enters a dining-room just after dinner-time, and lays hands on the plate_; “le gras-doublier,” _who steals lead off the roofs_, _who_ “flies the blue pigeon;” “le matelassier,” _a thief who pretends to repair and clean mattresses_; “le vanternier,” _who effects an entrance through a window_, “dancer;” “le voleur à la location,” _who pretends to be in quest of apartments to let_; “le voleur au recensement,” _who pretends to be an official employed in the census_. Le grinchissage à la ballade, or à la trimballade, _the thief makes some purchases, and finding he has not sufficient money, requests a clerk to accompany him home, entrusting the parcel to a pretended commissionnaire, a confederate. On the way the rogues suddenly vanish_. Le ---- à la broquille _consists in substituting sham jewellery for the genuine article when offered for inspection by the tradesman_. Le ---- à la carre. See CARREUR. Le ---- à la cire, _purloining a silver fork or spoon at a restaurant by making it adhere under the table by means of a piece of soft wax. After this preliminary operation the rogue leaves the place, generally after having been searched by the restaurant keeper; then an accomplice enters, takes his confederate’s place at the table, and obtains possession of the property_. Le ---- à la détourne, _the thief secretes goods in a shop while a confederate distracts the attention of the shopkeeper_. The rogue who thus operates is termed in English cant a “palmer.” The thief is sometimes a female who has in her arms an infant, whose swaddling-clothes serve as a receptacle for the stolen property. Le ----, or vol à la glu, _takes place in churches by means of a rod with birdlime at one end, plunged through the slit in the alms-box, termed_ tronc; _the coins adhering to the extremity of the rod are thus fished out._ Le ----, or vol à l’Américaine, _confidence-trick robbery_. It is the old story of a traveller meeting with a countryman and managing to exchange the latter’s well-filled purse for a bag of leaden coins. Those who practise it are termed “Américains,” or “magsmen.” Il est aussi vieux que le monde. Il a été raconté mille fois!... Ce vol suranné réussit toujours! il réussira tant qu’il y aura des simples, jusqu’à la consommation des siècles.--_Mémoires de Monsieur Claude._