rifler
Example Sentences
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Even though it is a liar and a trickster, and a rifler of time which a drudge of success would be stamping into gold, it is better for a man than wine.
From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
A rifler of the roads become a great lord?
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
Had that midnight rifler of safes and vaults been any other on earth than the man he was, the old retainer would have rushed upon him and struck to save the Weymouth property.
From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.
And who is your prisoner? a rifler of tombs?
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
Doubts were to come later when he was away from her, when he had had leisure to consider that she might regard him in the light of a third potential rifler of her father's treasure-house.
From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax
