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
If there were any danger now, it was in the daytime, when some stray Rackbirds might come back, or the pilferer of the mound might return with companions.
From The Adventures of Captain Horn by Frank Richard Stockton
