When crimedom was active, lesser crooks would be on the move.

His favorite mode was to employ lesser crooks who stopped at nothing.

The Shadow was free to press the search for lesser crooks who were in Manhattan.

He must have ordered them from some near-by town, or assigned the job to one of the lesser crooks.

One covered each of the lesser crooks.

Somehow, these lesser crooks seemed fangless, compared with the Lone Tiger.

Once the town was cleared of lesser crooks, he could make a drive against the bigger ones.

At least, the lesser crooks do, particularly when the big loot happens to be other gems.

Apparently, he had left this job to lesser crooks.

Though he performed his actual crimes alone, the Hawk had hired lesser crooks to cover any emergency flight.