The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Theftbote \Theft"bote`\, n. [Theft + bote compensation.] (Law)
   The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a
   compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent
   that the thief shall escape punishment.
   [1913 Webster]

Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

THEFT-BOTE. The act of receiving a man's goods from the thief, after they
had been stolen by him, with the intent that he shall escape punishment.
     2. This is an offence punishable at common law by fine and
imprisonment. Hale's P. C. 130. Vide Compounding a felony.