larcenist

No matter how likeable the larcenist, a stickup is invariably an unpleasant experience for employees.

The situation was made to order for them, but they would have preferred a smaller wager to start with, being petty larcenists at heart.

A police helicopter was dispatched and one of the larcenists was found hiding in bushes, leading to the safe return of Mr. Franzen’s glasses.

They could not be stretched to cover the intervening periods, so Little Calamity did his best to be a petty larcenist with indifferent success.

"He is a man named Stay, a petty larcenist, and in my opinion a much more dangerous character than the police have realised."