light-fingered

English

Alternative forms

• lightfingered

Etymology

From light (“not heavy”, adjective) +‎ fingered (“having fingers”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lītʹfĭng'gərd

Adjective

light-fingered (comparative lighter-fingered or more light-fingered, superlative lightest-fingered or most light-fingered)

1. Having quick, light and nimble fingers.
2. Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets (pickpocketing), given to thievery or shoplifting.

Derived terms

• light-fingeredness (noun)

Translations

having quick, light and nimble fingers

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given to stealing, pickpocketing, thievery, shoplifting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pitkäkyntinen
• Latin: fūrax, tagax
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• Maori: ringa kamakama
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: dedos largos pl or m pl, amigo de lo ajeno (es)

Verb

light-fingered

1. simple past and past participle of light-finger