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Recent Examples of cutpurse
Sweet potatoes, fruit Jello, and roast pork — not turkey — would be served to all the inmates, from the lowliest cutpurse to what amounted to the celebrity wing, and its residents:
Alexander Pantages, the millionaire theater magnate convicted of raping a 17-year-old dancer.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
She was born in the Barbican, in about 1584, and died in Fleet Street in 1659, becoming a thief, cutpurse and fence along the way.
—Longreads, 8 May 2018
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
She was born in the Barbican, in about 1584, and died in Fleet Street in 1659, becoming a thief, cutpurse and fence along the way.
—Longreads, 8 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutpurse
Noun
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Looking less like a tourist protects you more against pickpockets than these obvious pieces.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Fackham Hall follows pickpocket Eric Noone (Ben Radcliffe) who lands a job at English manor house Fackham Hall.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The property rights of bodega owners and other retailers are eviscerated when shoplifters aren’t prosecuted.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Deputies responded at about 7:12 a.m. Sunday to reports of a shoplifter armed with a machete at a Walmart in Centennial, 109000 East Briarwood Avenue, according to a news release from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Cutpurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutpurse. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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