Definition of Thief

1. Noun. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.


Definition of Thief

1. n. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

Definition of Thief

1. one that steals [n THIEVES] - See also: steals

Medical Definition of Thief

1. Origin: OE. Thef, theef, AS. Eof; akin to OFries. Thiaf, OS. Theof, thiof, D. Dief, G. Dieb, OHG. Diob, Icel. Jofr, Sw. Tjuf, Dan. Tyv, Goth. Iufs, iubs, and perhaps to Lith. Tupeti to squat or crouch down. Cf. Theft. 1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft. "There came a privy thief, men clepeth death." (Chaucer) "Where thieves break through and steal." (Matt. Vi. 19) 2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker. Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief. Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London. Synonym: Robber, pilferer. Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by main force. "Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night." (Shak) "Some roving robber calling to his fellows." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thief

thicknesses
thicko
thickoes
thickos
thicks
thickset
thickset
thicksets
thickspread
thicky
thick filament
thick skin
thick small bowel folds
thick wind
thief (current term)
thief (current term)
thiel
Thielavia
Thielavia basicola
Thiemann's disease
Thiemann's syndrome
thienamycin
thienamycins
thienamycin cyclase
thienone
thienyl
thienylalanine
Thier
Thiers
Thiersch

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