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thief

/ˈθiːf/noun1 syllable

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

Synonyms for thief16

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

stealer

also used for thief

abstractor, appropriator, bagger, booster, borrower, cribber, faker, filcher, flogger, heister, larcener, larcenist, liberator, lifter, misappropriator

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What does thief mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with thief?11

two syllables

reliefbeliefmotifsharif

three syllables

disbelief
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Thief in a sentence

  • Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.Zifre
  • To his surprise, the thief turned out to be his own son.CM
  • While she was out, the thief got away with her jewels.CM
  • Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.shekitten
  • A thief steals for a long time, but eventually he will hang.anjurii
  • When the thief heard the dog bark, he took to his heels.Delian
  • A thief doesn't like the moonlight, a villain doesn't like a good man.yujin
  • After much thought, the thief decided to confess.CM

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Forms of thief

as a noun

plural
thieves