Definitions
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- adjective of a person Possessing the behavioral
trait ofstealing , especially of engaging inpetty theft while handling money or goods. - adjective sports
Skillful incatching orhandling the ball, in such games as baseball, football, basketball, etc.
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Examples
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Sick Party, which consists purely of bassist Mark Hamilton evacuating his body, was a brazen declaration of adolescence in all of its sticky-fingered lunacy.
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Although vending machine owners factor in the assumption that 3 percent of sales will disappear thanks to sticky-fingered employees and petty thefts, the problem is getting worse, according to the WSJ, with criminals using welding torches and bolt cutters to break into machines.
Vending Machines: The Latest Recession Victim The Huffington Post 2011
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Reconnecting with this sticky-fingered siren becomes Jason's new vocation and obsession, though he's often distracted by sparring with a smarmy boss SNL's Chris Parnell, very funny in the first few episodes and hanging with a gaggle of aggressively trendy friends, who give the Happy Endings cast a run for their money in name-dropping cultural references.
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And now his sticky-fingered status has been officially confirmed by U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts, who slammed him this week for not just appropriating, but misappropriating, dozens of works from another artist.
When Appropriation Masquerades as Reconceptualized Art Eric Felten 2011
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It helped to have sticky-fingered receivers such as Biletnikoff and tight end Billy Cannon catching his passes.
Lamonica's Raiders took pride in wide-open offenses of AFL 2009
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And then there was CityTime, the gargantuan $700 million looting of the city treasury by sticky-fingered outside consultants hired to build an automated payroll system.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem Dan Collins 2011
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And then there was CityTime, the gargantuan $700 million looting of the city treasury by sticky-fingered outside consultants hired to build an automated payroll system.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem Dan Collins 2011
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And then there was CityTime, the gargantuan $700 million looting of the city treasury by sticky-fingered outside consultants hired to build an automated payroll system.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem Dan Collins 2011
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And then there was CityTime, the gargantuan $700 million looting of the city treasury by sticky-fingered outside consultants hired to build an automated payroll system.
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem Dan Collins 2011
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Although vending machine owners factor in the assumption that 3 percent of sales will disappear thanks to sticky-fingered employees and petty thefts, the problem is getting worse, according to the WSJ, with criminals using welding torches and bolt cutters to break into machines.
Vending Machines: The Latest Recession Victim The Huffington Post 2011
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