as in thief
one who steals
she demanded that the pusillanimous purloiner of her chocolates step forward
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In February, police in the suburbs formed a task force to target thieves who had been targeting video gambling machines, wielding crowbars and sledgehammers to break into the machines to steal cash.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
10 June 2026 -
In December 2025, thieves in Massachusetts stole a truck stuffed with $400,000 in lobster meat bound for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Boston Police are looking for two robbers armed with a gun who held up a children's lemonade stand in South Boston.—
Tammy Mutasa,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The first season of Task found Ruffalo’s Brandis forming a task force to track down a crew of masked robbers, led by a working-class family man, that were carrying out a series of violent crimes in the Philadelphia area.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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“Purloiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purloiner. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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