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pinchers

noun

plural of pincher

as in thieves

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 pinchers But none of those tactics have fully contained the invasive pinchers. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Subcategories of the pincer style are the mini oven mitts, which stop at the wrist rather than covering the forearm, and pot pinchers, which can be used as oven mitts in a, well, pinch. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 June 2026 Rottweilers, Doberman pinchers, Belgian Tervurens, and Siamese cats are most likely to get it, although any breed or mixed breed can be affected. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

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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
Europol has warned of an increase in museum robberies, with gold objects proving particularly attractive to thieves.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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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 under the impression that the warehouse held foreign currency but instead found 6,800 candy-bar-sized gold ingots alongside diamonds, travelers checks, and precious metals.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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