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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of a person) Possessing the behavioral trait of stealing, especially of engaging in petty theft while handling money or goods..
Sticky-fingered customers and employees make off with $9 billion in merchandise annually.
Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize
A sticky-fingered teller was charged with stealing more than $190000 from her Queens bank in the past four months.
Chicago's sticky-fingered defense intercepted five of YA Tittle's passes.
His batting average has hovered in the .330s all season and he has played his usual sticky-fingered defense at second.
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Sticky-fingered means (of a person) Possessing the behavioral trait of stealing, especially of engaging in petty theft while handling money or goods..
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Sticky-fingered customers and employees make off with $9 billion in merchandise annually.
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