sticky-fingered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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This is not the first time sticky-fingered thieves have pinched a beehive on Anglesey - in 2015, one farm suffered two thefts in the space of a month.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2017
Mr. McDonnell takes cover from the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling vacating his conviction at trial, which found that his particular brand of sticky-fingered greed did not meet the law’s crabbed definition of official corruption.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2017
Ordinary Filipinos care more about their own poverty and about lower-level graft: sticky-fingered bureaucrats and policemen.
From Economist ● Mar. 10, 2016
The Cardinals have been intercepted six times in the past three games, and with quarterback Kevin Kolb questionable because of a concussion, the Seahawks' sticky-fingered secondary will be ready.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2012
I have no visitors here, no sticky-fingered children or weary parents.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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