·noun A thief; a filcher.
II. Prig ·vt To Cheapen.
III. Prig ·noun A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
IV. Prig ·vt To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
V. Prig ·vi To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
A thief, a cheat: also a conceited coxcomical fellow. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A thief taker. ...
A king of the gypsies; also the head thief or receiver general. ...