Definitions for thief
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. thief, stealer(noun)

   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. thief(Noun)

   One who has carried out a theft

Origin: From þeof, from þeubaz.

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

1. Thief(noun)

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

2. Thief(noun)

   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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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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. French Proverb:

   Set a thief to catch a thief.

2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck:

   Hunger makes thief of any man.

3. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   Punctuality is the thief of time.

4. E.W. Howe:

   A thief believes everybody steals.

5. Edward Young:

   Procrastination is the thief of time.

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