larcenist
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lar·ce·nist

noun \-nist, -sə-nist\

Definition of LARCENIST

: a person who commits larceny

Examples of LARCENIST

  1. <when the serial larcenist Willie Sutton was asked why he continued to rob banks, he supposedly replied, because that's where the money is>

First Known Use of LARCENIST

1803

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