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light-fingered

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His swift, light-fingered touch went through the trousers and vest.

The same is true of a circus, in the wake of which light-fingered gentry are generally to be found.

Besides, light-fingered Lem Wacker was not to be trusted where things lay around loose.

Clearly not Madame Piper, for she was too fat and heavy to have any light-fingered proclivities.

Sooner than steal a 'cello, the light-fingered would button his coat over a baby white elephant and let it tusk his vitals.

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On this page you'll find 82 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to light-fingered, such as: crooked, rapacious, criminal, cunning, dishonest, and fraudulent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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