Some stores have one-way mirrors to spy for thelight-fingeredand sometimes to catch the careless; there are the peepholes through the doors.
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We spoke of loopholes andlight-fingeredaccountants, of the ability of business to subdivide itself, to find continual excuses.
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An infant school teacher, for example, may suspect that a child has beenlight-fingeredand has removed property belonging to another child or a piece of school equipment.
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What he had in mind was that some of his patrons were noted for theirlight-fingeredhabits.
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