thief

  • 21Thief — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Thief est un jeu d infiltration en 3D. Thief est un album musical du groupe allemand Tangerine Dream. Thief est une série télévisée américaine d une… …

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  • 22thief — /theef/, n., pl. thieves. a person who steals, esp. secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny. [bef. 900; ME; OE theof; c. D dief, G Dieb, ON thjofr, Goth thiufs] Syn. burglar, pickpocket, highwayman. THIEF, ROBBER refer to… …

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  • 23thief */*/ — UK [θiːf] / US [θɪf] noun [countable] Word forms thief : singular thief plural thieves UK [θiːvz] / US [θɪvz] someone who steals something. An instance of stealing something is called a theft The thief stole a valuable painting from the museum.… …

    English dictionary

  • 24thief — [[t]θif[/t]] n. pl. thieves a person who steals, esp. secretly • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE thēof, c. OFris thiāf, OSthiof, OHG thiob, ON thjōfr, Go thiufs syn: thief, robber refer to one who steals. A thief takes the goods or property of… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25thief — n. a common, petty; sneak thief * * * [θiːf] petty sneak thief a common …

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  • 26thief — noun the thief is at large Syn: robber, burglar, housebreaker, cat burglar, rustler, shoplifter, pickpocket, purse snatcher, sneak thief, mugger; embezzler, swindler, plunderer; criminal, villain; kleptomaniac; bandit, pirate …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 27thief — Waster Wast er, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See {Waste}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal. [1913 Webster] He also that is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28thief — noun (plural thieves) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob thief Date: before 12th century one that steals especially stealthily or secretly; also one who commits theft or larceny …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29thief — See robber. See robber, thief, burglar …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 30thief — [OE] Thief goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *theubaz, which also produced German dieb, Dutch dief, Swedish tjuf, and Danish tyv. It is not clear where this came from, although it might be related to Lithuanian tupeti ‘cower, squat’ and Latvian …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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