Definitions for thief
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Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. thief, stealernoun

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. thiefnoun

   One who has carried out a theft

2. Etymology: From þeof, from þeubaz.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. thief

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Matched Categories

1. • Criminal

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

Anagrams for thief »

1. feith

How to pronounce thief?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Shehu Sani:

   "There is a greater prison than Kuje; it is the conscience of men. A President who was sponsored with stolen money by a thief, is in a greater prison with the thief. And it shall manifest soon". - Sen Shehu Sanni (APC Kaduna State).

2. Getty Images:

   A non-violent thief who can post $3,000 bail is no more threatening than one who can't, the money is irrelevant; being poor doesn't make a defendant inherently more dangerous. But as practiced, NY’s legal system has long operated as if poverty equals danger.

3. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   Punctuality is the thief of time.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

5. Edward Young:

   Procrastination is the thief of time.

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