Definition of thief

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

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Thiefly :: Thiefly (a. & adv.) Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
Proller :: Proller (n.) Prowler; thief.
Water Rat :: Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.
Water Thief :: Water thief () A pirate.
Wastor :: Wastor (n.) A waster; a thief.
Mainor :: Mainor (n.) A thing stolen found on the person of the 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..
Robertsman :: Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood..
Pilferer :: Pilferer (n.) One who pilfers; a petty thief.
Swag-bellied :: Swag (n.) A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
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..
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..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty..
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) The privilege of trying such a thief.
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen..
Briber :: Briber (n.) A thief.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..
Plagiarist :: Plagiarist (n.) One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary..
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..
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