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purloiner

NOUN

larcenist

Synonyms

WEAK

bandit burglar cat burglar cheat clip criminal crook defalcator embezzler heister highway robber highwayman hijacker holdup artist housebreaker kleptomaniac larcener lifter moonlighter mugger owl pickpocket pilferer pirate plunderer porch climber prowler robber scrounger shoplifter sniper spider stealer stickup artist swindler

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But such "conveyings" are honourable to the purloiner.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

I have strong doubts of his being the purloiner of the sword.

From Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various

You owed this summary justice as well to the purloiner as to the public.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

So this was the Gorgon in question, the purloiner of correspondence, to be placated if possible and defeated vi et armis in case of rebellion!

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

Was not the purloiner of my treasure and the wanderer the same person?

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

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