1. (noun) light-fingered person, pickpocket, shoplifter, thief.
Kia tūpato ki taua wahine, he ringa kamakama. I panaia ia i tana mahi i tērā tau. / Be careful with that woman, she's a light-fingered person. She was fired from her job last year.
Synonyms: kaiā
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