Definition of thief

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

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Waster :: Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also 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..
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) Plagiarism; literary thief.
Picklock :: Picklock (n.) One who picks locks; a thief.
Sea Thief :: Sea thief () A pirate.
Briber :: Briber (n.) A thief.
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..
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) The privilege of trying such a thief.
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty..
Thief :: Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
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..
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..
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..
Pilferer :: Pilferer (n.) One who pilfers; a petty thief.
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or 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..
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
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..
Fury :: Fury (n.) A thief.
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