pilferer

noun

Definition of pilferernext
as in pickpocket

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  1. pickpocket
  2. shoplifter
  3. cutpurse
  4. kleptomaniac
Noun
  • The zippered pockets are the chef’s kiss for travelers, helping prevent pickpockets or loose items from falling out.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • On the day before their Madison Square Garden appearance, the sisters were taking in the sights of New York City, visiting everything from Times Square — where a pickpocket made off with Kendra’s phone — to Union Square.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of pickpocket
Noun
  • Supporters argue that the initiative is essential to closing legal loopholes that have hindered law enforcement's ability to penalize shoplifters and drug dealers effectively.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Marcello Hernández played a bottle of shampoo, kept behind lock and key to ward off shoplifters, and Bowen Yang played a creepy bus driver who makes toilet gin in the bus restroom.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of shoplifter
Noun
  • Sweet potatoes, fruit Jello, and roast pork — not turkey — would be served to all the inmates, from the lowliest cutpurse to what amounted to the celebrity wing, and its residents: Alexander Pantages, the millionaire theater magnate convicted of raping a 17-year-old dancer.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • She was born in the Barbican, in about 1584, and died in Fleet Street in 1659, becoming a thief, cutpurse and fence along the way.
    Longreads, Longreads, 8 May 2018
Definition of cutpurse
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  • The stigma kleptomaniacs face can leave them feeling ashamed, embarrassed or afraid to seek support.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Here are three reasons behind the behavior of a kleptomaniac, according to research.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Definition of kleptomaniac
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