"sticky fingers" meaning in English

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          "text": "You'd better lock up your belongings before handing your keys to a valet; some of them have sticky fingers.",
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          "ref": "2010, Jennifer Egan, “Pure Language”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad",
          "text": "‘She was great,’ Bennie said. ‘I was crazy about her. But it turned out she had sticky fingers.’ He glanced at Alex. ‘She stole things.’",
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        "An inclination to steal."
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        "(idiomatic) An inclination to steal."
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "inclination to steal",
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          "word": "lepkie ręce"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "word": "sticky-fingered"
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          "text": "There are too many sticky fingers around for me to leave my purse unattended.",
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        "Petty thieves."
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        "(idiomatic) Petty thieves."
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "word": "long arms"
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          "word": "pilfery"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "roman": "džebčija",
          "sense": "petty thief",
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          "word": "джебчия"
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          "sense": "petty thief",
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          "word": "chapardeur"
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          "sense": "petty thief",
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          "word": "Langfinger"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "petty thief",
          "word": "amigo de lo ajeno"
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      "word": "five-finger discount"
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      "sense": "inclination to steal",
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      "word": "lepkie ręce"
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      "roman": "džebčija",
      "sense": "petty thief",
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      "word": "джебчия"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "petty thief",
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      "word": "chapardeur"
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