Thief
//θiːf//
Word Type
Noun
The word "thief" can be used as a noun.
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a fair booty makes many a thief comparison is the thief of joy cricket thief spider horse thief joke thief joule thief liquor thief opportunity makes a thief opportunity makes the thief oxygen thief palm thief panel thief police and thief procrastination is the thief of time sampling thief set a thief to catch a thief sneak thief stop thief thick as thieves thief ant thief in law thief in the night thief knot thief palm thief tube thief-taker thiefdom thieflike thiefly thievish time thief wage thief water-thief wheat thief wine thief
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Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
Embezzlers People Petty thieves Safes Vehicles With a pole With violence Words & ideas abductor angler bandit bank robber brigand burglar carjacker cat burglar confidence trickster converter cracksman cutpurse dacoit dragsman embezzler fraudster highwayman hijacker hooker jacker kidnapper kleptomaniac looter mugger nuthook peculator pickpocket pirate plagiarist plunderer poacher porch pirate prig ravisher robber rustler safebreaker safecracker sheep-biter shoplifter snagger snatcher sneak thief sticky fingers swiper twocker
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