rifler

Example Sentences

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And who is your prisoner? a rifler of tombs?

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

He was A graveyard rifler on his father's side.

From The Frogs by Aristophanes

Even though it is a liar and a trickster, and a rifler of time which a drudge of success would be stamping into gold, it is better for a man than wine.

From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)

Out of regard, then, for the great Liberal minister, and also because I am no rifler of nests, I seized my old black hat and a camera, and dashed downstairs.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various

Doubts were to come later when he was away from her, when he had had leisure to consider that she might regard him in the light of a third potential rifler of her father's treasure-house.

From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax