Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having quick and nimble fingers.
- adj. Skilled at or given to petty thievery.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Light in touch with the fingers, as in playing the piano.
- Dexterous in touching and taking; thievish; addicted to petty thefts: applied particularly to pickpockets.
Wiktionary
- adj. Given to thievery. Given to shoplifting.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets
Examples
“Being light-fingered with the past is not always unforgivable, and sometimes it's necessary: it is disappointing to know that Mozart and Salieri got on rather well, and classicists might moan about the savaging of the past in Gladiator, but they are great stories.”
The Guardian: Unthinkable? Historically accurate films | Editorial
“Steinmeyer takes pains to explain how hard it was even for someone as light-fingered and ingratiating as young Howard to become and remain a headliner.”
The Washington Post: Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World"
“Possibly some slant-eyed, light-fingered pickpocket was even then enjoying the fifty-odd yen his purse had contained.”
“I was on this afternoon and could not find my new pot of silver eye paint—I suspected the light-fingered Becka Marshall.”
“This week they discovered the thief's identity and were stunned to find it was an inside job – the light-fingered scallywag lives on the course.”
The Guardian: Luck runs out for Kansas Jayhawks fan's talismanic T-shirt and shorts
“Leave us face it, there is an awful lot of lettuce rolling loose in this fair city and I fear it is far too great a temptation for one as light-fingered as yourself.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Winship: Making Ends Meet in Coin-Operated Washington
“But when he finds them, he also finds that he has competition: a certain light-fingered feline named Kitty Softpaws Salma Hayek.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Puss in Boots 3D
“Being light-fingered with the past is not always unforgivable, and sometimes it's necessary.”
The Huffington Post: Danny Groner: Oscar Nominated Films: Does the Truth Matter?
“Operation USA did not use government, the UN or the Clinton Initiative for anything other than an occasional assist to ensure our planes could land in Haiti or in trying to free inbound cargo from light-fingered or heavy-handed customs officials who are legion in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.”
“SAGAL: The large grey Langur monkeys will be patrolling the athletes 'village keeping an eye out for light-fingered rhesus monkeys.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘light-fingered’.
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anatomopeia
Sounds like you are .........
green-fingered, lily-livered, yellow-bellied, bleary-eyed, hare-brained, loose-tongued, tongue-tied, sure-footed, two-faced, double-jointed, light-fingered, bone idle and 71 more...
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Words I'd Like to Use Someday
thundersnow, phantasmagoria, mercurial, chimerical, taciturn, paraclete, lapis lazuli, flay, guttersnipe, wonky, misanthrope, kestrel and 583 more...
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Literally or Figuratively
Being a list of words which one or more definitions tell us could be used "literally or figuratively."
pluck, literally or figu..., niche, Literally or Figu..., nimble-fingered, light-fingered, malodorous
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I'm Giving You the Finger
The finger list, that is!
fingertip, fingerprint, fingernail, finger-pointing, fingerling, fingerboard, fingerpost, fingerless, fingerpick, fingerstyle, finger-paint, finger-roll and 69 more...
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