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Examples
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If I was lightfingered I would have left with the lot.
Fashion week live blog Kate Carter 2010
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Keeping lightfingered villagers out would be all but impossible.
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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While Elric watched to see that he was undisturbed, Moonglum knelt beside the barbarian leader and, lightfingered, cau - tiously reached inside the man's garments.
The Bane of The Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977
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While Elric watched to see that he was undisturbed, Moonglum knelt beside the barbarian leader and, lightfingered, cau - tiously reached inside the man's garments.
The Bane of the Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977
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Then, in time, a lightfooted, lightfingered troop of Arabs dashed into the little valley, sharply scanning the ground to right and left for forgotten weapons worth the picking up.
The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages John Preston True
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With lightfingered tweaking you get these interesting membran-like dampened sounds, especially by cross-wise positive/negative coupling.
MacMusic - News 2010
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Meanwhile, thick-skinned, lightfingered Jacqui Smith protests she's a victim of a smear campaign over her expenses because she's a woman with no independent wealth.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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I hope that there’s nothing confidential some lightfingered SF fan can retrieve by messing with yours.
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He would enumerate of a morning the crimes of “the wicked city” as revealed by the reports of the public press ” a gondolier's oars had been conveyed away, a piece of linen a-dry had corrupted the virtue of some lightfingered Autolycus of the canals! [
Robert Browning Dowden, Edward 1904
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