light-fingered

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And he has done so with a light-fingered insouciance that makes every scene incandescent with funny contemporary allusions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The owners erected it at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, but keeping out the light-fingered primates was also a prime concern.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

On its 1990s albums, Matthews’s guitar — often acoustic — was the band’s only chordal instrument, joined in light-fingered counterpoint by saxophone, violin, bass and drums for staccato grooves that blended folk, funk and jazz.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

Pistols bassist Glen Matlock was the Saturday sales assistant, while drummer Paul Cook and light-fingered guitarist Steve Jones would frequent the premises, drawn to its subversive charms and easy pickings.

From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2019

“Did the light-fingered gentleman ransack the cellars?” the other repeated.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson