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purloiner

NOUN

larcenist

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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 in spite of threats the bat was not brought back nor its purloiner or annexer betrayed.

From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Charles Pears

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 George Van Schaick

Probably she makes a better purloiner of scarabs.

From Something New by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

The purloiner nodded, and his lips twisted into a smile of triumph, as he thrust the sheet of paper into his own pocket.

From The Roof Tree by Lee F. Conrey

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

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

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