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sticky-fingered

adjective more sticky-fingered · most sticky-fingered

  1. idiomatic, informal Of a person, inclined or prone to steal, especially of engaging in petty theft while handling money or goods. Sticky-fingered customers and employees make off with $9 billion in merchandise annually.
  2. idiomatic Skillful in catching or handling the ball, in such games as baseball, football, basketball, etc. Chicago's sticky-fingered defense intercepted five of YA Tittle's passes.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of sticky-finger

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@misc{sticky_fingered_2026,
  title = {sticky-fingered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sticky-fingered},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}