purloiner
Example Sentences
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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)
But in spite of threats the bat was not brought back nor its purloiner or annexer betrayed.
From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Pears, Charles
He seemed unusually interested, as was indeed the case, for he strongly suspected that he knew who was the actual purloiner of the stolen twenty-dollar bill.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio
"No," replied the presumed purloiner seriously, "I sot it on the top of the gate-post--the high one."
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn
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
