thief

thief  (thf)

n. pl. thieves (thvz)

One who steals, especially by stealth.

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[Middle English, from Old English thof.]

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thief [θiːf]

n pl thieves [θiːvz]

1. a person who steals something from another

2. (Law) Criminal law a person who commits theft

[Old English thēof; related to Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Old High German diob, Old Norse thjōfr, Gothic thiufs]

thievish  adj

thievishly  adv

thievishness  n

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thief

• jilt - A female accomplice to a thief.
• furtive - Someone who is furtive literally "carries things away like a thief."
• ferret - Its name comes from Latin furritus, "little thief"—alluding to the animal's affinity for stealing hens' eggs.
• thief - Has the underlying meaning of "crouching, furtive person."

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it stealer bandit, brigand - an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band shoplifter, lifter, booster - a thief who steals goods that are in a store burglar - a thief who enters a building with intent to steal criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime 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 - someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection graverobber - someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts 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, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer - 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" pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher - a thief who steals without using violence

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thief

noun robber, crook (informal), burglar, stealer, bandit, plunderer, mugger (informal), shoplifter, embezzler, pickpocket, pilferer, swindler, purloiner, housebreaker, footpad (archaic), cracksman (slang), larcenist The thieves snatched the camera.

Quotations
"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it" [G.K. Chesterton The Man who was Thursday]

Proverbs
"Set a thief to catch a thief"

Translations

thief [θiːf] N (thieves (pl)) [θiːvz] → ladrón/ona m/f
stop thief! → ¡al ladrón!
you have to set a thief to catch a thief → no hay como un ladrón para atrapar a otro
see also thick A7

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thief [ˈθiːf] [thieves] [ˈθiːvz] (pl) n → voleur/euse m/f
stop thief! → au voleur!

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thief

n pl <thieves> → Dieb(in) m(f); to set a thief to catch a thief (prov) → einen vom Fach benutzen; to be as thick as thieves (Brit) → dicke Freunde sein (inf)

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thief [θiːf] n (thieves (pl)) [θiːvz] → ladro/a
stop thief! → al ladro!

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thief

n thief [θiːv]

a person who steals The thief got away with all my money. dief لِص крадец zloděj, -ka tyv der/die Dieb(in) κλέφτης ladrón varas دزد varas voleur/-euse גַנָב चोर lopov, kradljivac tolvaj pencuri þjófur ladro どろ棒 도둑 vagis zaglis pencuri dief tyv złodziej ladrão hoţ вор zlodej, -ka tat lopov tjuv ขโมย hırsız 小偷 злодій چور kẻ trộm, kẻ cắp 小偷

v thieve [θiːf]

to steal He is always thieving my pencils. steel يَسْرُق крада krást stjæle stehlen κλέβω robar varastama دزدیدن varastaa voler לִגנוֹב चुराना krasti (el)lop mencuri stela rubare 盗む 훔치다 vogti zagt mencuri stelen stjele, knabbe, rappe kraść roubar a fura красть kradnúť krasti ukrasti stjäla ขโมย çalmak 偷竊 красти چوري کرنا ăn trộm, ăn cắp 偷窃

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thief → لص zloděj tyv Dieb κλέφτης ladrón varas voleur lopov ladro 泥棒 도둑 dief tyv złodziej ladrão вор tjuv ขโมย hırsız kẻ trộm 小偷