What part of speech is thief?

Thief can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. thief is a noun, singular of thieves.

Inflections

Noun

What does thief mean?

Definitions

Noun

thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Examples of thief

#   Sentence  
1. noun Chalabi describing Sha'lan as a "Ba'athist" and a "former double agent for Saddam and the CIA", while Sha'lan dismisses Chalabi as a "thief" and an "Iranian stooge who longs for his own origins by defending Iran".
2. noun Please know that I have yet to meet a convict who wants their child to be a thief, an addict, a dealer, a prostitute, or a violent individual.
3. noun Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.
4. noun The thief forced her to hand over the money.
5. noun A thief broke into the house to steal the money.
6. noun We captured the thief.
7. noun Procrastination is the thief of time.
8. noun The thief ran away.
9. noun The thief was bound hand and foot.
10. noun When the thief heard the dog bark, he took to his heels.
11. noun The thief got away with the money.
12. noun The thief entered through a broken window.
13. noun A thief crept in through the window.
14. noun He is nothing less than a thief to do such a thing.
15. noun The thief was traced by the stolen goods.
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noun
Chalabi describing Sha'lan as a "Ba'athist" and a "former double agent for Saddam and the CIA", while Sha'lan dismisses Chalabi as a "thief" and an "Iranian stooge who longs for his own origins by defending Iran".
Please know that I have yet to meet a convict who wants their child to be a thief, an addict, a dealer, a prostitute, or a violent individual.
Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.
The thief forced her to hand over the money.
A thief broke into the house to steal the money.
We captured the thief.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
The thief ran away.
The thief was bound hand and foot.
When the thief heard the dog bark, he took to his heels.
The thief got away with the money.
The thief entered through a broken window.
A thief crept in through the window.
He is nothing less than a thief to do such a thing.
The thief was traced by the stolen goods.

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