pilferer

Example Sentences

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He wrote a letter to the American Medical Association, proclaiming that “some unconscionable scientific pilferer is trying to steal my entire life.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

The police arrived quickly and the posh pilferer had already disappeared, another indication that he knew what he was after, Rouches said.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2011

Acting as combined prosecutor, jury & judge, Judge T. Webber Wilson denounced the pilferer as "a Judas and Benedict Arnold to your country," found him guilty, sentenced him to pay a $200 fine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet Erving is the second leading pilferer in the A.B.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

You have seen the companions of both gather around the spot, deprive the despoiler of its ill-gotten prize, restore the crumb to its lawful possessor, and punish the would-be pilferer.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne