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 Definitions of light-fingered  [ˈlaɪtˌfæst, -ˌfɑst]  

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Definition of 'light-fingered' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) light-fingered
skillful at or given to pilfering, esp. by picking pockets; thievish.

2.  light-fingered
having light and nimble fingers.

Etymology:  (1540–50)

Definition of 'light-fingered' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) light-fingered, nimble-fingered
having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets
"a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time
Definition of 'light-fingered' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) light-fingered
dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts
Translation of 'light-fingered' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: inclined to steal things.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: langvingerig Arabic flag Arabic: خَفيف اليد في السَّرِقَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: крадлив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mão-leve Czech flag Czech: zlodějský German flag German: langfingerig
Danish flag Danish: langfingret Greek flag Greek: ελαφροχέρης, που έχει την Spanish flag Spanish: tener la mano larga
Estonian flag Estonian: pikkade näppudega Farsi flag Farsi: کج دست Finnish flag Finnish: pitkäkyntinen
French flag French: chapardeur Hebrew flag Hebrew: זָרִיז בְּאֶצבּעוֹתָיו Hindi flag Hindi: चोरी, गिरहकटी में निपुण
Croatian flag Croatian: sklon krađi Hungarian flag Hungarian: enyveskezű Indonesian flag Indonesian: suka mencuri
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fingralangur Italian flag Italian: (svelto di mano), (bravo Japanese flag Japanese: 手癖の悪い
Korean flag Korean: 손버릇이 나쁜 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ilgapirštis, graibštus Latvian flag Latvian: zaglīgs
Malay flag Malay: panjang tangan Dutch flag Dutch: met lange vingers Norwegian flag Norwegian: tyvaktig
Polish flag Polish: o `lepkich palcach` Persian flag Persian: کج دست Pashto flag Pashto: كوږلاسى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: de mão-leve Romanian flag Romanian: pungaş Russian flag Russian: вороватый
Slovak flag Slovak: zlodejský Slovenian flag Slovenian: dolgoprst Serbian flag Serbian: koji je sklon krađi
Swedish flag Swedish: långfingrad Thai flag Thai: ที่มีความสามารถในการลักเล Turkish flag Turkish: hırsızlığa meyilli, eli u
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 好偷竊的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нечистий на руку, хапкий Urdu flag Urdu: چوری کا عادی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính tắt mắt Chinese flag Chinese: 善于盗窃的

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