light-fingered in the PONS Dictionary

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English
What he had in mind was that some of his patrons were noted for their light-fingered habits.
en.wikipedia.org
Across the country the theft is attributed to not only light-fingered customers but also to retail staff.
www.huffingtonpost.com.au
There have been cases of light-fingered flatmates pilfering money.
www.stuff.co.nz
Police are planning to increase surveillance in a bid to reduce car crime and, with luck, identify the light-fingered car jammer fiends.?
www.theregister.co.uk
Fortunately, a light-fingered pickpocket is on hand to embark on a perilous quest through a world of magic and mystery to break the bewitchment.
www.breakingnews.ie
I was a little light-fingered.
edmontonjournal.com
Not even the bowels of a police station are safe from the light-fingered hands of thieves.
www.metronews.ca
Going into the psychology of the light-fingered ones will perhaps reveal how books disappear.
www.deccanherald.com
Dementia is more like a light-fingered but utterly implacable thief: it steals our memories, our future, our sense of time and place, the words we use, the loves we cherish.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Asked why they stole the bags, 37pc of the light-fingered shoppers said they did not want to pay the charge because "it results in companies making more money".
www.telegraph.co.uk

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