pilferer

Example Sentences

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After the lease expired, the association managed to get the city to agree to buy and install new public garbage cans designed to keep trash in and pilferers out.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2021

The devices, disguised as expensive Bose headphones left on doorsteps, are triggered when opened, covering the parcel pilferers in glitter while dispensing a disgusting fart spray.

From Fox News • Dec. 16, 2019

Some were actually finished and edited, but then undone by contemptuous studios or anonymous pilferers.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018

Out of frustration, larger companies like Darling have started hiring lawyers to press civil charges against pilferers in a bid to recoup losses.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2012

It should enable an Apiarian who lives in the neighborhood of human pilferers, to lock up the precious contents of his hives, in some cheap, simple and convenient way.

From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)