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单词 sticky-fingered
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Definition of sticky-fingered in English:

sticky-fingered

adjective
informal
  • Given to stealing.

    〈非正式〉有偷窃习性的,惯偷的

    a sticky-fingered con artist

    有偷窃习性的骗人老手。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Staff routinely had to be dispatched to the sticky-fingered star's dressing room in order to recover the pilfered booty.
    • Some little sticky-fingered urchin stole it from the teacher's desk.
    • These include a sticky-fingered hippie named McGruff, a friendly gondolier, and his good-hearted mother.
    • It's been a bad year for sticky-fingered governors, thanks in large part to the Feds.
    • Marketers, politicians and other short-sighted, self-interested, sticky-fingered people have been stealing our words.
    • Somebody needs to track where all the money is going - and God knows we can't trust the sticky-fingered bureaucrats at the United Nations to do it honestly.
    • The only person who would have an interest in them would be my sticky-fingered brother who's always been too cheap to buy his own.
    • I put a mousetrap in my purse to solve my problem with my sticky-fingered brother.
    • Taiwan needs to draw up a system to give local governments more autonomy - and the freedom they need to develop - yet one that does not lead to extravagance, waste or become an open invitation to sticky-fingered officials.
    Synonyms
    thieving, thievish, stealing, pilfering, shoplifting, pocket-picking

Definition of sticky-fingered in US English:

sticky-fingered

adjectiveˌstikēˈfiNGɡərd
informal
  • Given to stealing.

    〈非正式〉有偷窃习性的,惯偷的

    a sticky-fingered con artist

    有偷窃习性的骗人老手。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These include a sticky-fingered hippie named McGruff, a friendly gondolier, and his good-hearted mother.
    • Somebody needs to track where all the money is going - and God knows we can't trust the sticky-fingered bureaucrats at the United Nations to do it honestly.
    • Marketers, politicians and other short-sighted, self-interested, sticky-fingered people have been stealing our words.
    • Staff routinely had to be dispatched to the sticky-fingered star's dressing room in order to recover the pilfered booty.
    • The only person who would have an interest in them would be my sticky-fingered brother who's always been too cheap to buy his own.
    • Some little sticky-fingered urchin stole it from the teacher's desk.
    • It's been a bad year for sticky-fingered governors, thanks in large part to the Feds.
    • I put a mousetrap in my purse to solve my problem with my sticky-fingered brother.
    • Taiwan needs to draw up a system to give local governments more autonomy - and the freedom they need to develop - yet one that does not lead to extravagance, waste or become an open invitation to sticky-fingered officials.
    Synonyms
    thieving, thievish, stealing, pilfering, shoplifting, pocket-picking
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