Meaning of sticky-fingered | Babel Free
Definitions
- Possessing the behavioral trait of stealing, especially of engaging in petty theft while handling money or goods.
- Skillful in catching or handling the ball, in such games as baseball, football, basketball, etc.
Examples
“Sticky-fingered customers and employees make off with $9 billion in merchandise annually.”
“Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize”
“A sticky-fingered teller was charged with stealing more than $190000 from her Queens bank in the past four months.”
“Chicago's sticky-fingered defense intercepted five of YA Tittle's passes.”
“His batting average has hovered in the .330s all season and he has played his usual sticky-fingered defense at second.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.