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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.
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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.
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Longreads,
8 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutpurse
Noun
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The Travelon Anti-theft Classic Crossbody Bag, which is built with pickpocket-proof features to keep your valuables protected, is also on sale for 56 percent off, bringing its price down to just $34.
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The film stars John Turturro as an old-school pickpocket who finds himself in a dangerous race against time through city streets.
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An alleged shoplifter was shot and killed by police Wednesday outside Town Center at Cobb mall in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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As part of a recent marketing blitz, the cast of the new Boots Riley film I Love Boosters—about a crew of professional shoplifters—hosted a gas giveaway offering to fill up the first 70 drivers at a Shell station in Los Angeles, where gas is already over $7 a gallon in some neighborhoods.
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“Cutpurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutpurse. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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