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thief
noun as in person who steals
Strongest matches
bandit, burglar, criminal, crook, mugger, pickpocket, pirate, robber, sniper, swindler
Strong matches
cheat, clip, defalcator, embezzler, hijacker, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, lifter, moonlighter, owl, pilferer, plunderer, prowler, punk, scrounger, shoplifter, spider, stealer
Weak matches
cat burglar, heister, highway robber, holdup artist, porch climber, purloiner, stickup artist
Example Sentences
"I knew straight away that they decided I was a thief," he said.
And if your bike is one of those, there's little chance of you either getting it back - or of the thief being caught.
Turner currently stars as diamond thief Joan Hannington in the ITV1 series “Joan,” wrapped production for the thriller “Trust” and is even circling the lead role of Lara Croft in Amazon’s “Tomb Raider” live-action series, according to Deadline.
"Not for a minute do I believe it was the thief that returned it because if they were sick enough to steal it from where it was I don't think they had a conscience," he said.
The thief made off with a duffel bag full of firearms after spending hours digging a hole through the wall.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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