grafter

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Noun
  • To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But the coup de grace for the burglars came on April 9, when police arrested the 23-year-old and seized his phone.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • The agency is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the burglars, a poster distributed by the agency and posted Monday by Little Rock police states.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Swenson says that cable actually belongs to AT&T, and was cut down from telephone poles by thieves.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 3 June 2026
  • Surveillance video shows thieves going into a Twin Cities building, then coming out with a cart full of art.
    Jason Rantala, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • In the end, staff at the Capitol had to hire a safecracker and jimmy the thing.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • In classic heist-thriller fashion, each recruit fulfills a very cool and specific role — the driver, the safecracker, the chemist, etc.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • The show is inspired by the true story of the man who became known as ‘Ireland’s most polite bank robber,’ and The Irish Independent podcast of the same name.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 May 2026
  • An alleged bank robber was taken into custody in Allegheny County thanks to a third grader's homework assignment, authorities said.
    Patrick Damp, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
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“Grafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grafter. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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