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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinchers
  1. thieves
  2. robbers
Noun
  • The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems at the MuMe museum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The thieves also purloined a small double-sided painting, with the Virgin and Child on one side and Christ on the other, that the Sicilian regional government had bought from the auction house Christie's back in 2003.
    — Willem Marx, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of thieves
Noun
  • Set in 1935, amidst the Great Depression, Season 2 revolves around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Several other law enforcement vehicles then pulled up with their lights and sirens activated, and the would-be robbers ran off.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of robbers

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