purloiner
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
What can I say of Puck6—the thoroughbred—the simple-hearted—the purloiner of eggs warm from the hen—the flutterer of all manner of Volscians—the bandy-legged, dear, old, dilapidated buffer?
From Spare Hours by John Brown
The talk the original purloiner was giving his ungrateful assistant was one of the best expositions of virtue and honesty I've ever listened to.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson
