larcenist

• “John is a criminal infringer — a veritable grand larcenist — or blithely surmise that copyright law must not mean what it appears to say.”

  Boing Boing

• “Since a three-time larcenist was subject to sterilization and a three-time embezzler was not, the law was unconstitutional.”

  Newsweek: Is Roe Good Law?

• “Perhaps this dim-bulb mayor, and the MSM in fawning over Klepto Deb, are confusing pragmatist with pilferer or purloiner or maybe larcenist.”

  Sound Politics: What does "pragmatist" mean?

• “Indeed, one must either irrationally conclude that John is a criminal infringer—a veritable grand larcenist—or blithely surmise that copyright law must not mean what it appears to say.”

  Archive 2007-11-18

• “But this … Good sweet Christ, the little larcenist was a fetching piece, from her dark winged eyebrows to her wide-set, exotically tipped eyes, a piercing shade of green, her pert nose, high cheekbones, and a mouth so damn full and wide he was already contemplating its possibilities.”

  Simon & Schuster: Naughty or Nice

• “Because no one enters many of these homes without an invitation, it is a given this larcenist, whomever he or she might be, is a member of the peerage.”

  Simon & Schuster: Almost a Whisper

• “It was whilst on his feet, in defence of a larcenist, at Maidstone Assizes, that Cyril Hare learned that his first full - length novel, Tenant for Death, had been accepted.”

  Best Detective Stories

• “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.”

  A Reversible Santa Claus

• “Take her down to the cells," he said briefly, and they led her away, a wailing, woeful figure of amateur larcenist.”

  The Clue of the Twisted Candle

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

  The Daffodil Mystery

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