purloiner

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One glance at her sweet, highbred features was sufficient to exonerate her as a purloiner of gentlemen's garments.

From Quick Action by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

I have strong doubts of his being the purloiner of the sword.

From Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various

What can I say of Puck6—the thoroughbred—the simple-hearted—the purloiner of eggs warm from the hen—the flutterer of all manner of Volscians—the bandy-legged, dear, old, dilapidated buffer?

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

The talk the original purloiner was giving his ungrateful assistant was one of the best expositions of virtue and honesty I've ever listened to.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

He seemed unusually interested, as was indeed the case, for he strongly suspected that he knew who was the actual purloiner of the stolen twenty-dollar bill.

From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio