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thief
thief T0164200 (thēf)n. pl. thieves (thēvz) One who commits the act or crime of theft.
[Middle English, from Old English thēof.]thief (θiːf) n, pl thieves (θiːvz) 1. a person who steals something from another2. (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] ˈthievish adj ˈthievishly adv ˈthievishness nthief (θif)
n., pl. thieves. a person who steals, esp. secretly. [before 900; Middle English; Old English thēof, c. Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Old High German thiob, Old Norse thjōfr, Gothic thiufs] syn: thief, robber refer to one who steals. A thief takes the goods or property of another by stealth without the latter's knowledge: like a thief in the night. A robber trespasses upon the house, property, or person of another, and makes away with things of value, even at the cost of violence: An armed robber held up the store owner. 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."
thief robber">robber burglar">burglarAnyone that steals can be called a thief. A robber often uses violence or the threat of violence to steal things from places such as banks or shops. They caught the armed robber who raided a supermarket.A burglar breaks into houses or other buildings and steals things. The average burglar spends just two minutes inside your house.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling itstealerbandit, brigand - an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a bandshoplifter, lifter, booster - a thief who steals goods that are in a storeburglar - a thief who enters a building with intent to stealcriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimedacoit, dakoit - a member of an armed gang of robbersdefalcator, embezzler, peculator - someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own usebody snatcher, ghoul, graverobber - someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissectiongraverobber - someone who steals valuables from graves or cryptsholdup man, stickup man - an armed thieflarcener, larcenist - a person who commits larcenycutpurse, pickpocket, dip - a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public placesliterary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer - someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his owndespoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)robber - a thief who steals from someone by threatening violencecattle thief, rustler - someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)cracksman, safebreaker, safecracker - a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contentssnatcher - a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher - a thief who steals without using violence |
thiefnoun 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"thiefnounA person who steals:bandit, burglar, highwayman, housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, pilferer, purloiner, robber, stealer.Translationsthief (θiːv) – plural thieves (θiːvs) – noun a person who steals. The thief got away with all my money. 小偷 小偷thieve (θiːf) verb to steal. He is always thieving my pencils. 偷竊 偷窃thief
like a thief in the nightIn a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.See also: like, night, thiefthief in the nightA person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.See also: night, thiefbe (as) thick as thievesTo be very close friends. Anna and Beth are together all the time these days—they're as thick as thieves.See also: thick, thiefthere is honor among thievesEven criminals adhere to a code of conduct or certain principles, especially not to inform against one another. Often used in the negative. In the collective of pickpockets, no one dared steal from another. There is some honor among thieves. Given the chance, most criminals facing extensive jail time are more than willing to give up their associates for a more lenient sentence, disposing of the ridiculous notion that there is honor among thieves.See also: among, honor, there, thief(as) thick as thievesHaving a close, intimate friendship or alliance. Anna and Beth are together all the time these days—they're as thick as thieves. The guys who work in the warehouse are thick as thieves. They don't really socialize with anyone else in the company.See also: thick, thiefit takes a thief to catch a thiefOne who is skilled at evading the law is well-trained to find or catch someone who behaves similarly. He's a bank robber, he can definitely help us catch these crooks—it takes a thief to catch a thief, you know.See also: catch, take, thiefLittle thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.Those who commit small crimes will face the full consequences of the law, but those who commit crimes on a huge scale will go unpunished. So some guy who holds up a liquor store with a gun because his family can't afford food gets 30 years in prison, but a wealthy CEO who robs millions of people of their pensions gets a few months of community service? I tell you, little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.See also: but, great, little, one, thiefopportunity makes a thiefEven those who are morally upright would steal if they were able to do it without getting caught. A: "I figured out a way to collect social welfare while still working." B: "I never thought someone like you would try to rip off the system like that. Opportunity makes a thief, I guess."See also: make, opportunity, thiefprocrastination is the thief of timeIt is easy to waste, lose track of, and subsequently run out of time by putting off what one ought to be doing. I know you think two weeks is plenty of time to finish your essay, but you're better off getting to work on it now—procrastination is the thief of time, after all. A: "I'll start studying after I beat one more level in my video game." B: "Don't leave it too late—procrastination is the thief of time!"See also: of, thief, timeset a thief to catch a thiefTo employ a criminal or thief in order to understand, anticipate, and ultimately apprehend another criminal or thief. Honestly, who better to lead an investigation into tax fraud than someone who was convicted of just that? Set a thief to catch a thief, I say. We've actually begun employing prominent members of the hacking community to improve our cyber security, setting thieves to catch thieves, as it were.See also: catch, set, thiefLittle thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.Prov. Truly expert criminals are never caught. Everyone's making such a fuss because they convicted that bank robber, but he must not have been a very dangerous criminal. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.See also: but, escape, great, little, one, thiefOpportunity makes a thief.Prov. Anyone would steal, given a chance to do so without being punished. Mr. Cooper thought of himself as a moral man. But opportunity makes a thief, and with the safe unguarded he had the opportunity to steal thousands of dollars undetected.See also: make, opportunity, thiefProcrastination is the thief of time.Prov. If you put off doing what you ought to do, you will end up not having enough time to do it properly. Jim: Have you started looking for a job yet? Jane: Oh, that can wait till tomorrow. Jim: Procrastination is the thief of time.See also: of, thief, timeSet a thief to catch a thief.Prov. The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think. The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud.See also: catch, set, thiefThere is honor among thieves.Prov. Criminals do not commit crimes against each other. The gangster was loyal to his associates and did not tell their names to the police, demonstrating that there is honor among thieves.See also: among, honor, there, thief*thick as thievesCliché very close-knit; friendly; allied. (Thick = close and loyal. *Also: as ~.) Mary, Tom, and Sally are as thick as thieves. They go everywhere together. Those two families are thick as thieves.See also: thick, thiefit takes one to know oneThe person who expressed criticism has similar faults to the person being criticized. This classic retort to an insult dates from the early 1900s. For example, You say she's a terrible cook? It takes one to know one! For a synonym, see pot calling the kettle black. A near equivalent is the proverbial it takes a thief to catch a thief, meaning "no one is better at finding a wrongdoer than another wrongdoer." First recorded in 1665, it remains current. See also: know, one, takethick as thievesIntimate, closely allied, as in The sisters-in-law are thick as thieves. This term uses thick in the sense of "intimate," a usage that is obsolete except in this simile. [Early 1800s] See also: thick, thiefthick as thieves If two or more people are as thick as thieves, they are very friendly with each other. Jones and Cook had met at the age of ten and were as thick as thieves. Grant went to school with Maloney, the other lawyer in town. They're thick as thieves.See also: thick, thiefthick as thieves (of two or more people) very close or friendly; sharing secrets. informalSee also: thick, thief(there is) honour among ˈthieves (saying) used to say that even criminals have standards of behaviour that they respectSee also: among, honour, thiefit ˌtakes one to ˈknow one (informal, disapproving) you are the same kind of person as the person you are criticizing: ‘Your brother is a real idiot.’ ‘Well, it takes one to know one.’See also: know, one, take(as) thick as ˈthieves (with somebody) (informal) (of two or more people) very friendly with each other, especially in a way that makes other people suspicious: Those two are as thick as thieves — they go everywhere together. OPPOSITE: be at daggers drawnSee also: thick, thieflike a ˌthief in the ˈnight secretly or unexpectedly: In the end I left like a thief in the night, without telling anybody or saying goodbye.See also: like, night, thiefden of thieves, aA group of individuals or a place strongly suspected of underhanded dealings. This term appears in the Bible (Matthew 21:13) when Jesus, driving the moneychangers from the Temple, said, “My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Daniel Defoe used the term in Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, and by the late eighteenth century it was well known enough to be listed with other collective terms such as “House of Commons” in William Cobbett’s English Grammar in a discussion of syntax relating to pronouns.See also: den, ofit takes one to know oneThe critic is as bad as the person being criticized. This expression, a modern version of the proverbial “set a thief to catch a thief,” and “a thief knows a thief as well as a wolf knows a wolf,” dates from the early twentieth century.See also: know, one, takethick as thievesOn intimate terms; very good friends. The use of thick for “intimate” survives mainly in this cliché, which no doubt owes its popularity to alliteration. It was already proverbial, according to Theodore E. Hook, in 1833 (The Parson’s Daughter): “She and my wife are as thick as thieves, as the proverb goes.”See also: thick, thiefthief
thief[′thēf] (petroleum engineering) In the petroleum industry, a device that permits the taking of samples from a predetermined location in the liquid body to be sampled. Thief
THIEF, crimes. One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. THIEF
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thief
Synonyms for thiefnoun robberSynonyms- robber
- crook
- burglar
- stealer
- bandit
- plunderer
- mugger
- shoplifter
- embezzler
- pickpocket
- pilferer
- swindler
- purloiner
- housebreaker
- footpad
- cracksman
- larcenist
Synonyms for thiefnoun a person who stealsSynonyms- bandit
- burglar
- highwayman
- housebreaker
- larcener
- larcenist
- pilferer
- purloiner
- robber
- stealer
Synonyms for thiefnoun a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling itSynonymsRelated Words- bandit
- brigand
- shoplifter
- lifter
- booster
- burglar
- criminal
- crook
- felon
- malefactor
- outlaw
- dacoit
- dakoit
- defalcator
- embezzler
- peculator
- body snatcher
- ghoul
- graverobber
- holdup man
- stickup man
- larcener
- larcenist
- cutpurse
- pickpocket
- dip
- literary pirate
- pirate
- plagiariser
- plagiarist
- plagiarizer
- despoiler
- freebooter
- looter
- pillager
- plunderer
- raider
- spoiler
- robber
- cattle thief
- rustler
- cracksman
- safebreaker
- safecracker
- snatcher
- pilferer
- sneak thief
- snitcher
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