purloiner

Example Sentences

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But such "conveyings" are honourable to the purloiner.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

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

Probably she makes a better purloiner of scarabs.

From Something New by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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)

You owed this summary justice as well to the purloiner as to the public.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)