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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thief, stealernoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. thiefnoun

    One who has carried out a theft

  2. Etymology: From þeof, from þeubaz.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. THIEFnoun

    Etymology: thiubs, Gothick; ðeif , Saxon; dief, Dutch.

    Take heed, have open eye; for thieves do foot by night. William Shakespeare.

    This he said because he was a thief, and had the bag. John.

    Can you think I owe a thief my life,
    Because he took it not by lawless force?
    Am I obliged by that t’ assist his rapines,
    And to maintain his murders? Dryden.

    Their burning lamps the storm ensuing show,
    Th’ oil sparkles, thieves about the snuff do grow. May.

Wikipedia

  1. thief

    Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word theft is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, or receiving stolen property. In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny, while in others, theft is defined more narrowly. Someone who carries out an act of theft may be described as a "thief" (PL: thieves).Theft is the name of a statutory offence in California, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria.

ChatGPT

  1. thief

    A thief is an individual who unlawfully steals or attempts to steal another person's property or belongings, typically in a secretive and deceitful manner, without the owner's consent and with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of the property.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thiefnoun

    one who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft

  2. Thiefnoun

    a waster in the snuff of a candle

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Thief

    thēf, n. one who steals or takes unlawfully what is not his own.—ns. Thief′-catch′er, -tā′ker, one whose business is to detect thieves and bring them to justice: a detective. [A.S. theóf; Ice. thjóf-r, Ger. dieb.]

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'thief' in Nouns Frequency: #2074

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thief in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of thief in a Sentence

  1. E.W. Howe:

    A thief believes everybody steals.

  2. Theodore Roosevelt:

    Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in the other. If a man lies under oath or procures the lie of another under oath, if he perjures himself or suborns perjury, he is guilty under the statute law.

  3. Alex Whipple:

    I would never, ever in a million years have thought he was capable of harming such a cute little girl, i knew he was a thief, but I never labeled him as a murderer.

  4. William Shakespeare:

    What a deformed thief this fashion is.

  5. French Proverb:

    Set a thief to catch a thief.

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