"light-fingered" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: lighter-fingered [comparative], more light-fingered [comparative], lightest-fingered [superlative], most light-fingered [superlative]
enPR: lītʹfĭng'gərd Etymology: From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|fingered|pos1=adjective|pos2=adjective|t1=not heavy|t2=having fingers}} light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective) Head templates: {{en-adj|lighter-fingered|more|sup=lightest-fingered}} light-fingered (comparative lighter-fingered or more light-fingered, superlative lightest-fingered or most light-fingered)
  1. Having quick, light and nimble fingers. Translations (having quick, light and nimble fingers): изкусен (izkusen) (Bulgarian), сръчен (srǎčen) (Bulgarian), näppäräsorminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-light-fingered-en-adj-lFCn~n1G Disambiguation of 'having quick, light and nimble fingers': 82 18
  2. (figuratively) Having nimble fingers, especially for stealing or picking pockets (pickpocketing), given to thievery or shoplifting. Tags: figuratively Translations (given to stealing, pickpocketing, thievery, shoplifting): крадлив (kradliv) (Bulgarian), pitkäkyntinen (Finnish), fūrax (Latin), tagax (Latin), ringa kamakama (Maori), dedos largos [plural] (Spanish), amigo de lo ajeno (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-light-fingered-en-adj-wQcjhVgk Disambiguation of 'given to stealing, pickpocketing, thievery, shoplifting': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lightfingered, furacious [obsolete], light-fingered, sticky-fingered, theftuous, thievish Hypernyms: criminal, evil, immoral, predatory Hyponyms: kleptomaniacal, piratical Derived forms: light-fingeredness [noun] Related terms: furtive, steal, theft, thief

Verb [English]

enPR: lītʹfĭng'gərd Etymology: From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|fingered|pos1=adjective|pos2=adjective|t1=not heavy|t2=having fingers}} light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} light-fingered
  1. simple past and past participle of light-finger Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: light-finger Related terms: sticky-fingered
    Sense id: en-light-fingered-en-verb-rEPK5zhQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 33 61 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 20 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 11 26 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 26 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lightfingered

Inflected forms

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