sticky-finger | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Tosteal, topilfer; to make off with (something).1964, Arch Whitehouse,The fledgling, page19:[…]"picking up" a few essential supplies, writing post-cards, and watching our Cockney comedian soft-soap the sales-girls while hesticky-fingereda few personal necessities.2001, Jeanne Cambrai,Murder in the Pettah, Penguin Books Ltd:'This one will be called the Crimson Star of Sri Lanka, and it will be placed on display where every Lankan may visit it but where our politicians and thieves will not be able tosticky-fingerit away again.'2006,Quill & Quire:But Globe and Mail columnist Simon Houpt's new book shows thatsticky-fingeringa Rembrandt or a Goya is becoming a menacingly common occurrence. Art theft, according to Interpol, adds up to between $1.5-billion and $6-billion annually, ...; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seesticky,‎finger.Totouchorfingersomething which issticky, or with fingers that are sticky.1987, C. J. Cummings,Too deep then:... drove into town and bought a takeaway at a dingy working-class cafe. Then I drove up Signal Hill and in the stark, early morning light, the bay still covered in mist, watched the sun rise,sticky-fingeringsausages and chips in contentment.2015, Colette McBeth,The Life I Left Behind: A Novel, Minotaur Books,→ISBN, page33:Or rather she invited her over, along with her friends. They arrived in a jam of buggies, toddlers waddling aroundsticky-fingeringthe walls.

Examples:

EN: And, not to cast any aspersions on your character, you guys are known for the kind of sticky-finger problem.
ES: Y no es que quiera lanzar difamaciones sobre tu persona pero tenéis fama de tener las manos un poco largas.
ID: Aku tak bermaksud memfitnah watakmu, kalian terkenal sebagai pencuri.
EN: You sticky-finger this at the five-and-dime?
ES: ¿Robaste esto en la tienda?
EN: You sticky-finger this at the Five And Dime?
ID: Kau mencurinya dari toko serbamurah?
EN: Hopefully, it'll be enough to pass as a sticky-finger snack.
ID: Semoga cukup untuk menjadi camilan ringan lengket.

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