thief
754
1.0
- noun
- /θif/
:
ladrón
- The thief quickly snatched the woman's purse and fled down the street.
- car thief
- the thief who stole
- search for the thief
And now there's a sorcerer, a thief, trying to come in.
- And now there's a sorcerer, a thief, trying to come in.
- And also, he was a stock thief, Joe.
- It's about this gang of thieves in like, the slums of a city.
- Procrastination is a thief and fear is a liar.
- The development of the story about the thief of the table legs.
- But then their leader is the adulterer, the thief, all the stuff.
Examples
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You know I'm a thief.
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Did you recognize any of the thieves?
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And also, he was a stock thief, Joe.
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You are only a thief, and you cannot live in my house any longer!
Fiction book (1991) -
Both the HR woman and the thief have been let go.
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And just like that, the thief is churning away on its own stack.
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He was a thief and a pirate.
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Why don't you go down to the prison, round up all the beggars and thieves?
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Guatemala City is seen as a dangerous place to live, full of thieves and urban guerrillas.
Academic text (1990) -
While searching for the thief, the leba shay imitated a thief in the act of stealing.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
110
1.4
A person who enters a building without permission to steal things
19
4.2
A person who steals wallets or phones from pockets and bags in crowds
18
3.1
A person who steals things from a shop while pretending to be a customer
15
5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
4
4.6
A person who takes things that belong to others without permission
2
7.6
A person who secretly steals things without using force
1
9.2
A person who steals things
1
9.9
A person who steals money from people's pockets or purses in public places
1
7.3
A person who steals small things without using force
1
8.8
A person who steals goods from shops by hiding them
1
7.9
A person who steals goods from a shop by hiding them
1
8.1
A person who quickly steals things by grabbing them and running away
1
9.9
A thief who breaks open safes to steal what is inside
A person who illegally takes other people's things
A person who steals things secretly
A person who steals money and small things from other people's pockets or bags
A person who illegally opens safes to steal things
Idioms
Compounds
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thief comes from an old German word that meant 'to take' or 'to steal', and it is the same root as thieve and theft. So a thief is literally someone who takes another person's things in secret.