purloiner
Example Sentences
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He is immensely proud of his first set of books, and writes his name on nearly every page, accompanied by metrical warnings to intending purloiners.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian
He laughed immoderately at the apparent joke of the purloiners of his gasoline being caught before they had time to use it.
From Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
The beautiful tower rests upon a square basement, which has been despoiled of its exterior coating by Popes and other purloiners, but the greatest part of it is buried beneath the soil.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832 by Various
