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Petty Crook

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99%9Exact Match!
noun

• a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

98%5Exact Match!
noun

• (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)

40%5Petty thief
noun

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• a circular segment of a curve

• a long staff with one end being hook shaped

verb

• bend or cause to bend

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New York Times21 Jun 1997 Across 16
New York Times16 Mar 1986 Across 114
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