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

Acting as combined prosecutor, jury & judge, Judge T. Webber Wilson denounced the pilferer as "a Judas and Benedict Arnold to your country," found him guilty, sentenced him to pay a $200 fine.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

A petty pilferer was a loafer, but in a very short time all of the tribe of loungers in the sun, and disreputable pickers up of unconsidered trifles, now known as bummers, were called loafers. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey