as in thieves
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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It had been snatched from Gerald Ross, 70, by two thieves who followed him home from a trip to a bank and a post office.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Depending on the ebbs and flows of the bubble during championship week — and potential bid thieves — 22 teams fit this distinction.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The play, which officially opens March 30 at the August Wilson Theatre, stars Bernthal as Sonny and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Sal, the Brooklyn bank robbers played by Al Pacino and John Cazale, respectively, in the film.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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Windley and his family did their own investigations after his conviction to pin down the identity of the two robbers and pressure them to do the right thing and confess, hiring a private investigator to help them.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Larcenists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larcenists. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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