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a person who steals money and other things from people's pockets and purses
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Noun
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As their escape car was almost out of gas and one of the tires had been shot out, the robbers commandeered another car, but the driver took the keys with him.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
24 Dec. 2024 -
Written and produced by John Hughes, the irreverent and indelible holiday staple follows an 8-year-old who must defend his family’s sprawling Chicago home from two dim-witted robbers after his family members accidentally abandon him while en route to their Christmas vacation in Paris.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The vandals also left red handprints on the doors.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
10 Dec. 2024
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Under the cover of darkness, vandals targeted University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker’s Huntington Woods home, spraying antisemitic graffiti on his car and smashing his front window with a jar of urine.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Plus, the coffers of gangsters will rise.—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
22 Mar. 2025
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Cemeteries, too, will do a land office business, not only with dead gangsters, but innocents too, caught in the cross fire.—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Pickpockets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickpockets. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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