- a variation of larcener.
larcenist
Example Sentences
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On many a petty larcenist as well as on many a bold manipulator has been fixed the title: "Wolf of Wall Street."
From Time Magazine Archive
And it pleased the sardonic element in Hunt's unmoral nature that this Maggie, through whom he was trying to symbolize so much, he knew to be a petty larcenist: shoplifting and matters of similar consequence.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
Mrs. Stevens's inferior talents as a petty larcenist had led her into many difficulties, and she gratefully availed herself of The Hopper's offer of his heart and hand.
From A Reversible Santa Claus by Meredith Nicholson
They could not be stretched to cover the intervening periods, so Little Calamity did his best to be a petty larcenist with indifferent success.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
"He is a man named Stay, a petty larcenist, and in my opinion a much more dangerous character than the police have realised."
From The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace
