larcenist

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On many a petty larcenist as well as on many a bold manipulator has been fixed the title: "Wolf of Wall Street."

From Time Magazine Archive

And it pleased the sardonic element in Hunt's unmoral nature that this Maggie, through whom he was trying to symbolize so much, he knew to be a petty larcenist: shoplifting and matters of similar consequence.

From Children of the Whirlwind by Scott, Leroy

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

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)

"Take her down to the cells," he said briefly, and they led her away, a wailing, woeful figure of amateur larcenist.

From The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Wallace, Edgar

Mrs. Stevens's inferior talents as a petty larcenist had led her into many difficulties, and she gratefully availed herself of The Hopper's offer of his heart and hand.

From A Reversible Santa Claus by Nicholson, Meredith