sticky-fingered
Example Sentences
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This is not the first time sticky-fingered thieves have pinched a beehive on Anglesey - in 2015, one farm suffered two thefts in the space of a month.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2017
Mr. McDonnell takes cover from the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling vacating his conviction at trial, which found that his particular brand of sticky-fingered greed did not meet the law’s crabbed definition of official corruption.
From Washington Post • May 3, 2017
Ordinary Filipinos care more about their own poverty and about lower-level graft: sticky-fingered bureaucrats and policemen.
From Economist • Mar. 10, 2016
The Cardinals have been intercepted six times in the past three games, and with quarterback Kevin Kolb questionable because of a concussion, the Seahawks' sticky-fingered secondary will be ready.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2012
And the youngest was Cotton, dirty-faced and sticky-fingered.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
