Thesaurus / sticky-fingered
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synonyms for sticky-fingered
- crooked
- cunning
- larcenous
- pilfering
- dishonest
- fraudulent
- furtive
- kleptomaniacal
- light-fingered
- piratic
- plunderous
- predatory
- rapacious
- secretive
- sly
- spoliative
- stealthy
- thievish
- crooked
- cunning
- dishonest
- fraudulent
- furtive
- kleptomaniacal
- larcenous
- light-fingered
- pilfering
- piratic
- plunderous
- predatory
- rapacious
- secretive
- sly
- spoliative
- stealthy
- crooked
- cunning
- dishonest
- fraudulent
- furtive
- kleptomaniacal
- larcenous
- light-fingered
- pilfering
- piratic
- plunderous
- predatory
- rapacious
- secretive
- sly
- spoliative
- stealing
- stealthy
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How to use sticky-fingered in a sentence
A look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNIndeed, to turn over his concertos, and see how he has fingered them alone, is enough to make you dizzy.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYJohnny the Itch fingered away sweat that rolled down from under his fedora and nodded obediently.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSHow could this be done so that our clothing would be made water-tight and yet not be sticky in summer or stiff in winter?
THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUSThe sheets of rubber from which the uppers and soles are cut are at this stage of the work plastic and very sticky.
THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUSNothing more innocent-appearing yet more villainously sticky have I ever before encountered.
MRS. RAFFLESJOHN KENDRICK BANGS"These, madam," said I, handing her a small plush bag into which I had poured the "salvage" taken from my sticky palms.
MRS. RAFFLESJOHN KENDRICK BANGSPresently fingers came in contact with certain matter, which was thick and sticky to the touch.
MENOTAHERNEST G. HENHAMHe fingered the gold cross upon his breast—she had given it to him two years before.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERHis trouser leg was sticky red where the wound in his leg had soaked through the handkerchief.
TIME ENOUGH AT LASTLYN VENABLEWORDS RELATED TO STICKY-FINGERED
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