| Ducking from the bowsprit end, towing in a rope astern, and marooning, were also practised as punishments for the pilferer. |
| It was not possible that this was a bad man, a stealer of children, a pilferer of old men's cupboards. |
| The Rogue would put his hand to anything, picking the pockets of poor fools like Perdita's brother, turning ballad-monger or pedlar or pilferer as occasion served. |
| And living proof that fashion is a chronic pilferer, it's recently turned to recycling working-class uniforms. |
| Again Theodora and I watched for the pilferer, and captured the cunning creature in the act. |
| The police arrived quickly and the posh pilferer had already disappeared, another indication that he knew what he was after, Rouches said. |
