pilferer

Example Sentences

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He wrote a letter to the American Medical Association, proclaiming that “some unconscionable scientific pilferer is trying to steal my entire life.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

The police arrived quickly and the posh pilferer had already disappeared, another indication that he knew what he was after, Rouches said.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2011

Yet Erving is the second leading pilferer in the A.B.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

An art historian and portrait painter, Mount stands accused of pursuing a third career as well: pilferer of rare historical documents.

From Time Magazine Archive

That noble discourse had been neglected by the generation to which it was addressed, had sunk into oblivion, and was at the mercy of every pilferer.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron