Definition of thief

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Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

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Thief :: Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief..
Prig :: Prig (n.) A thief; a filcher.
Neat :: Neat (a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief..
Fury :: Fury (n.) A thief.
Picklock :: Picklock (n.) One who picks locks; a thief.
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty..
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) Plagiarism; literary thief.
Filcher :: Filcher (n.) One who filches; a thief.
Convey :: Convey (v. i.) To play the thief; to steal.
Pilferer :: Pilferer (n.) One who pilfers; a petty thief.
Waif :: Waif (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice..
Kiddy :: Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief..
Mainor :: Mainor (n.) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) The privilege of trying such a thief.
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
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..
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..
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
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