"sticky finger" meaning in English

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      "form": "sticky fingers",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sticky fingering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticky fingered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticky fingered",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "extra": "steal",
          "word": "sticky-finger"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, Ursula Holden, Penny Links",
          "text": "A bit of sticky fingering, a shady deal or two, life wasn't easy. She could spot wronguns too. Ben wasn't a wicked man. Maris had better not get too funny, her and her power of attorney.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Mar'ce Merrell, Wicked Sweet: A Novel, Feiwel & Friends",
          "text": "I guess that's why I started sticky fingering things. I kept the stash under my bed, tools mostly—a cordless drill, a set of wrenches, screwdrivers, some knives. After a few weeks, I was shopping for the future and I yanked a coffeemaker. […]",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of sticky-finger (“steal”)"
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  "word": "sticky finger"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticky fingers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticky fingering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticky fingered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticky fingered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, Ursula Holden, Penny Links",
          "text": "A bit of sticky fingering, a shady deal or two, life wasn't easy. She could spot wronguns too. Ben wasn't a wicked man. Maris had better not get too funny, her and her power of attorney.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Mar'ce Merrell, Wicked Sweet: A Novel, Feiwel & Friends",
          "text": "I guess that's why I started sticky fingering things. I kept the stash under my bed, tools mostly—a cordless drill, a set of wrenches, screwdrivers, some knives. After a few weeks, I was shopping for the future and I yanked a coffeemaker. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of sticky-finger (“steal”)"
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  "word": "sticky finger"
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