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A thief on the water; a pirate.
A pirate.
A pirate.
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a.
Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.
n.
The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
n.
A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
n.
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
n.
A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors.
n.
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
pl.
of Thief
n.
A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
a. & adv.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
n.
Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
n.
A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
v. i.
To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
n.
One who steals; a thief.
n.
A waster; a thief.
n.
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
a.
Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
v. t.
An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
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