Idiom
sticky fingers
Meaning
An inclination to steal.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Keep an eye on him, he has sticky fingers.”
“The shop owner keeps his expensive items behind glass because some customers have sticky fingers.”
“The manager suspected the employee had sticky fingers after several small amounts of cash went missing from the register.”
Examples
simple
“Keep an eye on him, he has sticky fingers.”
contextual
“The shop owner keeps his expensive items behind glass because some customers have sticky fingers.”
complex
“The manager suspected the employee had sticky fingers after several small amounts of cash went missing from the register.”
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