purloiner

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Noun
  • Advertisement Far from a faithful rendering of Pynchon’s text, One Battle After Another identifies the most cinematic and emotional veins of Vineland’s network of narrative and, true to Anderson’s word, runs like a thief.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ciri was portaled to the far-off Korath Desert and now lives a life among the Rats, a group of young thieves running amuck in a province of the Nilfgaardian Empire.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the slain robbers is Parker’s longtime accomplice Philly Webb (Thomas Jane), whose widow, Grace (Gretchen Mol), only half buys it when Parker promises to get her Philly’s share and ice his killer.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Tales behind 9 historic Arizona hotels Arizona's oldest hotels faced natural and economic disasters, even a brush with bank robbers.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Purloiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purloiner. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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