Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England.
A person paid a financial reward by the government for catching a criminal; they were often corrupt former criminals themselves.
Thief-Taker appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England and Nature of Law Enforcement and Punishment.
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