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Noun thief has 1 sense
- thief, stealer - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
--1 is a kind of criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
--1 has particulars: | | bandit, brigand; booster, shoplifter, lifter; burglar; dacoit, dakoit; embezzler, defalcator, peculator; graverobber, ghoul, body snatcher; graverobber; holdup man, stickup man; larcenist, larcener; pickpocket, cutpurse, dip; plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate; plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter; robber; rustler, cattle thief; safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman; snatcher; sneak thief, pilferer, snitcher |
Verb thieve has 1 sense
- hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
--1 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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