What is the meaning of THIEF. Phrases containing THIEF
See meanings and uses of THIEF!Slangs & AI meanings
  A thief who robs drunks or a prostitute who steals from her clientele.
 A Burgler, a safecracker. One who clracks of breaks locks. A whole genre of thief.
n 1. A theft. 2. A thief. 3. An act of exploitation. 4. Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.
Mexicans or Italians A hoodlum, thief or punk
Common stereotype
  A minor thief, or small time criminal
Stop thief is London Cockney rhyming slang for beef.
  A thief that specializes in robbing hotel rooms with sleeping guests.
Ivory thief is British slang for a dentist.
n v. snitched, snitching, snitches v. tr. To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer. v. intr. To turn informer: He snitched on his comrades. n. 1. A thief. 2. An informer.snitcher n.
  Thief (Cockney Rhyming slang)
Thief (Yiddish)
  A thief who steals from carriages.
 (1) A thief. (2) To steal
Gas meter thief is British slang for a small−time criminal.
  A thief who steals from drunks
 (1) (v) Raise hue-and-cry. (2) (n) Thief. (Cockney Rhyming slang) = Hot Beef! = Stop Thief!
 A thief who throws snuff in a person’s face, and then robs him.
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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.
v. i.
To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
n.
A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors.
n.
A waster; a thief.
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.
n.
A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
n.
One who steals; a thief.
n.
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
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.
A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
n.
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
v. t.
An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
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.
pl.
of Thief
a.
Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
a. & adv.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
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