Definition of thief

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Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

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Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
Stealer :: Stealer (n.) One who steals; a thief.
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..
Swag-bellied :: Swag (n.) A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
Theftbote :: Theftbote (n.) The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment..
Proller :: Proller (n.) Prowler; thief.
Robertsman :: Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood..
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty..
Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..
Detection :: Detection (n.) The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot..
Picker :: Picker (n.) One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker..
Gonoph :: Gonoph (n.) A pickpocket or thief.
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen..
Notorious :: Notorious (a.) Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice..
Neat :: Neat (a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief..
Kiddy :: Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief..
Warrantable :: Warrantable (a.) Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable..
Thief :: Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Nimmer :: Nimmer (n.) A thief.
Briber :: Briber (n.) A thief.
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