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Definition: porch pirate


A thief who steals deliveries that are left at the entrance to a house. For example, every year, Amazon delivers billions of packages to consumers, and many of them are left on the doorstep or porch if nobody is home. In the U.S. in 2023, tens of millions of packages were stolen. Options for Amazon customers are delivery to a local hub station or having an Amazon Key door lock. See Amazon Hub and Amazon Key.