larcenous
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Coop’s larcenous ways awaken something in him that the straight-laced corporate life had repressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Above and beyond is Bonnie Milligan, portraying Pattie’s larcenous sister Debra, a woman of no known address but who might be elected president if she could redirect that cyclonic energy away from antisocial impulses.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
‘Time Bandits’ A British lad joins six larcenous little people on the adventure of a lifetime in Monty Python mainstay Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Or in the current instance, Harry Palmer, the larcenous soldier turned secret agent of the 1965 Cold War thriller “The Ipcress File,” which has been remade as a six-episode series that premieres Thursday on AMC+.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
One thing saved him: the company—and larcenous advice—of the city’s homeless, many of them teenagers.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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