purloiner

Example Sentences

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You owed this summary justice as well to the purloiner as to the public.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

It was La of Opar, High Priestess of the Flaming God, and fifty of her horrid priests searching for the purloiner of the sacred sacrificial knife.

From Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

So this was the Gorgon in question, the purloiner of correspondence, to be placated if possible and defeated vi et armis in case of rebellion!

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

You are a corrupter of youth, and an evil man, Mr. Schoolmaster, and a purloiner of letters as well.'

From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)

The purloiner nodded, and his lips twisted into a smile of triumph, as he thrust the sheet of paper into his own pocket.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.