purloiner

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purloiner
Noun
  • After the second, pass-thief Jabari Mack made the downward-U gesture with his gloved hands to rub it in.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These ideas are laid out early in the first act, when an encounter between a policeman, Olim, and a fruit-stand thief, Severin, is presented to the audience.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors say the robbery took between six and seven minutes, and the robbers were unarmed but threatened guards with the angle grinders.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This marks the first attempt at bringing to the screen the fictional island of Catan — a place where settlers must navigate bountiful and varied landscapes, shifting alliances, and limited resources, while robbers roam the land.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Purloiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purloiner. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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