Infang

From - + fang. Compare Old English onfōn (past participle onfangen; "to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive").

Full definition of infang

Verb

1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To cheat; gull; take in.
3. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To seize; get into one's clutches.

Shortened from infangthief.

Noun

1. Alternative form of infangthief