Definition of thief Thief
/θiˈf/ - [theef] - thief
We found 12 definitions of thief from 8 different sources.
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NounPlural: thieves |
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| thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | ||
| stealer | ||
| criminal, malefactor, outlaw, felon, crook someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | ||
| bandit, brigand an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | ||
| shoplifter, lifter, booster an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | ||
| burglar a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | ||
| dacoit, dakoit a member of an armed gang of robbers | ||
| defalcator, embezzler, peculator someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | ||
| body snatcher, ghoul, graverobber an evil spirit or ghost | ||
| graverobber someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection | ||
| holdup man, stickup man an armed thief | ||
| larcener, larcenist a person who commits larceny | ||
| cutpurse, pickpocket, dip a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | ||
| literary pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer, pirate someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | ||
| despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | ||
| robber a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | ||
| cattle thief, rustler someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) | ||
| cracksman, safebreaker, safecracker a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents | ||
| snatcher a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- thief (n.)
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft. - thief (n.)
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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thief
Someone who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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thief
thēf, n. one who steals or takes unlawfully what is not his own.—ns. Thief′-catch′er, -tā′ker, one whose business is to detect thieves and bring them to justice: a detective. [A.S. theóf; Ice. thjóf-r, Ger. dieb.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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thief
You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face; vulgar abuse.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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thief
Give a thief rope enough and he'll hang himself. -
thief
The thief's sorry because he is caught, not because he is the thief. -
thief
Set a thief to take a thief.
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🔤- thief, noun, singular of thieves.
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