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spoliative

ADJECTIVE
larcenous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crooked rapacious
STRONG
criminal cunning
WEAK
dishonest fraudulent furtive kleptomaniacal light-fingered pilfering piratic plunderous predatory secretive sly stealthy sticky-fingered
ADJECTIVE
thieving
Synonyms
STRONG
crooked cunning larcenous pilfering
WEAK
dishonest fraudulent furtive kleptomaniacal light-fingered piratic plunderous predatory rapacious secretive sly stealthy sticky-fingered thievish
Antonyms
WEAK
benevolent philanthropic
ADJECTIVE
thieving/thievish
Synonyms
WEAK
crooked cunning dishonest fraudulent furtive kleptomaniacal larcenous light-fingered pilfering piratic plunderous predatory rapacious secretive sly stealthy sticky-fingered
Antonyms
WEAK
benevolent philanthropic
ADJECTIVE
thievish
Synonyms
WEAK
crooked cunning dishonest fraudulent furtive kleptomaniacal larcenous light-fingered pilfering piratic plunderous predatory rapacious secretive sly stealing stealthy sticky-fingered

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This was a Legislature which was not merely corrupt, but brazenly and frankly so, as was proved by the scandalous openness with which various spoliative measures were rushed through.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus

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