Thesaurus:light-fingered

Thesaurus

light-fingered

English

Adjective

Sense: having tendency to steal; given to thievery

Synonyms

• furacious (obsolete)
• light-fingered
• sticky-fingered
• theftuous
• thievish

Hyponyms

• kleptomaniacal
• piratical

Hypernyms

• criminal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• evil    [⇒ thesaurus]
• immoral    [⇒ thesaurus]
• predatory

Various

• furtive

See also

• Thesaurus:steal
• Thesaurus:theft
• Thesaurus:thief

Further reading

• “791. stealing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “light-fingered” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.