Definition of thief

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

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Conveyer :: Conveyer (n.) One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief.
Micher :: Micher (n.) One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc..
Pilferer :: Pilferer (n.) One who pilfers; a petty thief.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Thiefly :: Thiefly (a. & adv.) Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
Wastor :: Wastor (n.) A waster; a thief.
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..
Proller :: Proller (n.) Prowler; 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..
Swag-bellied :: Swag (n.) A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) Plagiarism; literary thief.
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..
Actionable :: Actionable (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable..
Robertsman :: Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood..
Kiddy :: Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief..
Sea Thief :: Sea thief () A pirate.
Gonoph :: Gonoph (n.) A pickpocket or thief.
Water Rat :: Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.
Mainor :: Mainor (n.) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
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