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larcenist

  • a variation of larcener.
    larcener
    noun
    a person who commits larceny.
  • a word derived from larceny.
    larceny
    noun
    the wrongful taking of someone's property or goods, removing them from their owner's posession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.

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On many a petty larcenist as well as on many a bold manipulator has been fixed the title: "Wolf of Wall Street."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sum total—1st page of account— Josephs a larcenist and a corpse.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade

And it pleased the sardonic element in Hunt's unmoral nature that this Maggie, through whom he was trying to symbolize so much, he knew to be a petty larcenist: shoplifting and matters of similar consequence.

From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott

Mrs. Stevens's inferior talents as a petty larcenist had led her into many difficulties, and she gratefully availed herself of The Hopper's offer of his heart and hand.

From A Reversible Santa Claus by Meredith Nicholson

"He is a man named Stay, a petty larcenist, and in my opinion a much more dangerous character than the police have realised."

From The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace