purloiner

Example Sentences

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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

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 Brown, John

“Read that, Ralph,” said the purloiner; oh! recreant that I was, I read it.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

One glance at her sweet, highbred features was sufficient to exonerate her as a purloiner of gentlemen's garments.

From Quick Action by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

It was La of Opar, High Priestess of the Flaming God, and fifty of her horrid priests searching for the purloiner of the sacred sacrificial knife.

From Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice