Thesaurus results for PINCHER

pincher

noun

ˈpin-chər

Definition of pincher

as in thief

one who steals the pincher of the stolen electronics was caught by the police trying to sell them

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Recent Examples of pincher In Ply, his leg work shows when the pincher meets an eccentric physicist named Pola. — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026 While this might sound dystopic to us, for the pincher the city is perfect. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Soon, the pincher floats free of her consciousness, briefly inhabiting the mind of Pola or Ines before flickering back into herself. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 But none of those tactics have fully contained the invasive pinchers. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pincher

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Noun

The thieves also damaged the main office building with copper wiring and components removed from rooftop systems and air conditioning units, police said.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The basic set-up, for years, was just a comic ripping off a joke and performing it on stage; the infamous mid-2000s Comedy Store stand-off between Joe Rogan and alleged joke thief Carlos Mencia is one of the most famous examples.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of thief

Noun

In Tokyo and Osaka, there are Chinese gangsters, Brazilian robbers, and even a gang of thieves from Serbia and Montenegro called the Pink Panthers.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The robbers were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026