Definition

A member of late-19th-century Parisian street gangs who specialized in theatrical mugging. The romanticized name supposedly derived from Apache warriors, which says far more about European colonial imagination than historical accuracy.

Example Usage

Tourists feared encountering an apache more than they feared the absinthe in Montmartre.

Source: Merriam-Webster, French urban slang (Belle Époque era)

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