as in thief
one who steals
when the serial larcenist Willie Sutton was asked why he continued to rob banks, he supposedly replied, "because that's where the money is"
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Noun
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There is not a thief or any army of moths on earth that can destroy this kind of treasure.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025 -
On the night of May 4, 1802, a thief broke into Denmark's Royal Art Museum and took the horns.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, Entertainment Weekly has learned that DiCaprio is being eyed to portray Chris Shiherlis, the bank robber who was originally played by Val Kilmer in the 1995 film.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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So no wonder that his engagement with the human cost of rapid industrialization in early 20th century Bohemia fed into his depiction in the novel of social conditions in robber-baron America.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Larcenist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larcenist. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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