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Main Entry:	thief [theef] Show IPA/θif/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who steals
Synonyms:	bandit, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister, highway robber, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, lifter, moonlighter, mugger, owl, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, porch climber, prowler, punk*, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, spider, stealer, stickup artist, swindler

* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry:	burglar
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who steals
Synonyms:	cat burglar, crook, filcher, housebreaker, midnighter, owl, picklock, pilferer, porch-climber, prowler, robber, safecracker, sneakthief, thief

Main Entry:	hijacker
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	abductor
Synonyms:	carjacker, kidnapper, robber, skyjacker, terrorist, thief

Example Sentences

If you think you face difficult times, imagine you're a car thief.

The thief did not even bother to re-copy the report.

Of course, it is open to a thief who believes his swag might have been so marked to attempt such cleaning himself.

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If you think you face difficult times, imagine you're a car thief.

The thief did not even bother to re-copy the report.

Of course, it is open to a thief who believes his swag might have been so marked to attempt such cleaning himself.

The large black birds with a noisy squawk have traditionally held the role of evil-doer or thief in fable and fairy-tales.

The alleged thief was taken into custody but no charges were brought for lack of evidence.

The bike will collapse as the thief tries to ride off with the plunder.

He apparently believes this is a question of moral right vs moral wrong, righteous property owner versus thief.

Or perhaps cities with more guns might be better as the thief is unlikely to know about any given household.

During the six-week journey the guards encountered only a nighttime donkey thief.

It turns out the thief has entered my pocket, and left with my goods, through the phone itself.

All they do is wipe the chip out”, said one teenage thief.

If a thief steals one, they'd be able to sell it for a lot of money.

If a thief takes your iPhone and runs, a new application will help you chase after him.

If my neighbour is a thief, that is not a justification for me being also a thief.

The thief walked out of the gallery with the picture under his painter's smock.

Motions falling outside the learned patterns will be considered to be those of a potential car thief.

Last year a local rugby hero shot dead his teenage daughter, mistaking her for a car thief whom he thought it fine to kill.

And different security levels bunk in the same room, meaning a murderer can sleep beside a thief.

Within hours, not only had people caught glimpses of the car, they had photos of the thief.

The marginal cost of time vs the marginal gain of the item the thief steals.

The thief immediately begged for the video to come down and turned himself in.

Ah, let the thief steal, the tick suck and the baker bake.

So park in a busy area where a thief can't work without raising suspicion.

But now the university's next would-be computer thief might be met with an alarm and a greeting from campus security.

He said the media attention devoted to the theft could inform the thief of.

The thief jumps in and roars off, but he does not get far.

Bella is a thief and will take and chew anything she can get her teeth on.

Of course, with the word iGolf plastered all over the thing, any half intelligent thief is going to know exactly where to look.

Lately, an unknown stapler thief has been wreaking havoc on our office.

Some people believe a thief knocked over a lantern while stealing milk from the barn.

Once the thief is, in theory, in a safe area to be shocked.

He said the media attention devoted to the theft could inform the thief of the sensitive information contained on the laptop.

If a thief gets caught after robbing a bank, the thief is not allowed to keep the money.

In some inner-city neighborhoods, a thief will smash a window for a dime.

The setup is guaranteed to stop any thief without access to either a pair of scissors or a small screwdriver.

But a thief could remove the key's battery and convert it to a mechanical key.

Spaniak has his own theory on why a data thief might falsely link a database to iBill.

He seemed to be a thief himself, and a sneaky one at that.

The widespread availability of personal information has made it easier for a thief to get his hands on.

So if a thief got his hands on your iPhone, he can figure out where you live and loot you there.

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Main Entry:	intruder
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who trespasses
Synonyms:	burglar, criminal, gate-crasher, infiltrator, interferer, interloper, interrupter, invader, meddler, nuisance, obtruder, prowler, raider, snooper, squatter, thief, trespasser

Main Entry:	marauder
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	pillager, raider
Synonyms:	bandit, buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, ravager, robber, thief

Main Entry:	pickpocket
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	petty thief
Synonyms:	bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, finger, pocket picker, purse snatcher, sneak thief, thief, wallet lifter

Main Entry:	robber
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who steals
Synonyms:	bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper, cat burglar, cattle thief, cheat, chiseler, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk, raider, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer, stickup, swindler, thief, thug

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	scoundrel
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who is deceptive and
Synonyms:	bad news, black sheep, blackguard, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife, maggot, mischiefmaker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, uncaring of others bad egg, vagabond, villain, wretch

Main Entry:	swindler
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who cheats another
Synonyms:	absconder, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, clip, con artist, confidence artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, forger, four-flusher, fraud, gouger, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, thief, trickster
Antonyms:	philanthropist

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