pilferer

• “Richard Prince has long reveled in his pose as a postmodern pilferer of other people's images—in being what's known as an "appropriation artist.”

  The Wall Street Journal: When Appropriation Masquerades as Reconceptualized Art

• “To continue to argue for tax cuts after 2003 was, of course, the mark of a pilferer with the morals of a Russian oligarch.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Surveying the Wreckage

• “Said another source, "After Right Round, we all thought he was just your basic one-dimensional pilferer of existing derivative material" -- a reference to Flo Rida's more traditional appropriation of the 1985 classic, You Spin Me Round Like a Record by Dead or Alive.”

  The Huffington Post: John Baxter: Flo Rida Has Spellbound Critics Wondering Where He Gets It

• ““You, icy sweetness of strawberry, chocolate or vanilla, melting, stickily into your inverted dunce cap, ravisher of appetites, leading the younger generation from the straight and narrow paths of spinach, pilferer of the pennies that might go to make a fortune; destroyer of the peace of homes, instrument of bribery and reward of virtue.””

  Simon & Schuster: One Big Table

• “In 2003, there was another twist in the saga: A woman from Philadelphia named Joan Langbord discovered 10 Double Eagles in a safe deposit box belonging to her late father, Israel "Izzy" Switt, a jeweler long linked to rumored coin-pilferer McCann's stash.”

  Forbes: Most Valuable U.S. Coins

• “I steal from dreams a pilferer who clings to vines of memory climbs again where blossoms sing – they seed a scent with redolent imaginings on which I feed”

  Stealing From Dreams

• “The fact that an apparently reasonable and benign woman can find merit and solidarity with this organ pilferer is disturbing.”

  Richard Batista, who donated a kidney and saved his wife's life and is now using that kidney as a bargaining chip in the divorce case.

• “Unknown to Mr. Lodge, however, a pint-sized pilferer and his hefty henchman are crashing the party – masquerading as a man and his dummy, of course!”

  Archie Comics for January 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News

• “Of course, being a sod pilferer does not an artist make.”

  The Wall Street Journal: What Grew Amid the Ashes

• “The alleged pigeon-pilferer has been seen scooping up to 40 birds at a time into boxes.”

  Newsweek: Pigeons Pilfered For Pies?

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