Definition of thief

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

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Nimmer :: Nimmer (n.) 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..
Thiefly :: Thiefly (a. & adv.) Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
Kiddy :: Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief..
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen..
Robertsman :: Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood..
Thief :: Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
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..
Stealer :: Stealer (n.) One who steals; a thief.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..
Prig :: Prig (n.) A thief; a filcher.
Thief :: Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Conveyer :: Conveyer (n.) One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief.
Actionable :: Actionable (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
Sea Thief :: Sea thief () A pirate.
Fury :: Fury (n.) A thief.
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A pickpocket; a young or petty 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..
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