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Noun, plural thieves. A person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny. Thief definition, a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
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I had to download this video for a project and kept the original file. Examples of thief in a Sentence A thief took my purse. A thief has been stealing wallets and valuables from the lockers at the gym Recent Examples on the Web Then worth an estimated $50, he was smuggled out of Alaska to Oregon, where law enforcement tracked down the thief. — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 'How well do you know Anchorage? The diamond thief double-crossed his partners and gave them only worthless fake jewels. It's said that a barking dog puts off the opportunist thief. The police believe he is the thief, but all the evidence suggests otherwise. The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off the security guard.
thieve
(thēv)tr. & intr.v.thieved, thiev·ing, thieves
[Perhaps from Old English thēofian, from thēof, thief.]
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thieve
(θiːv)vb
[Old English thēofian, from thēof thief]
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thieve
(θiv)v.t., v.i. thieved, thiev•ing.
Thief River Falls
[before 950; Old English thēofian, derivative of theōfthief (not recorded in Middle English)]
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thieve
Past participle: thieved
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Thief Simulator
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Verb | 1. | thieve - take by theft; 'Someone snitched my wallet!' cop, glom, snitch, knock off, hook steal - take without the owner's consent; 'Someone stole my wallet on the train'; 'This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation' |
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thieve
verbsteal, nick(slang, chiefly Brit.), rob, pinch(informal), poach, plunder, half-inch(old-fashioned slang), embezzle, blag(slang), pilfer, snitch(slang), purloin, filch, have sticky fingers(informal), peculateThese people can't help thieving.steal
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
thieve
verbTo take (another's property) without permission:Informal: lift, swipe.
Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.
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thieve
[θiːv]VT, VI → robar, hurtarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
thieve
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Thief In The Night
thief
(θiːv) – plural thieves (θiːvs) – noun a person who steals. The thief got away with all my money. dief لِص крадец ladrão zloděj, -ka der/die Dieb(in) tyv κλέφτηςladrón varas دزد varas voleur/-euse גנב चोर lopov, kradljivac tolvaj pencuri þjófur ladro どろ棒 도둑 vagis zaglis pencuri dieftyvzłodziejladrão hoţ вор zlodej, -ka tat lopov tjuv ขโมย hırsız 小偷 злодій چور kẻ trộm, kẻ cắp 小偷
thieve (θiːf) verb to steal. He is always thieving my pencils. steel يَسْرُق крада roubar krást stehlen stjæle κλέβωrobar varastama دزدیدن varastaa voler לִגנוֹב चुराना krasti (el)lop mencuri stela rubare 盗む 훔치다 vogti zagt mencuri stelenstjele, knabbe, rappekraśćroubar a fura красть kradnúť krasti ukrasti stjäla ขโมย çalmak 偷竊 красти چوري کرنا ăn trộm, ăn cắp 偷窃
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Theft
A criminal act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent.
The term theft is sometimes used synonymously with Larceny. Theft, however, is actually a broader term, encompassing many forms of deceitful taking of property, including swindling, Embezzlement, and False Pretenses. Some states categorize all these offenses under a single statutory crime of theft.
Cross-references
Burglary; Robbery.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
theft
n. the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use (including potential sale). In many states, if the value of the property taken is low (for example, less than $500) the crime is 'petty theft,' but it is 'grand theft' for larger amounts, designated misdemeanor, or felony, respectively. Theft is synonymous with 'larceny.' Although robbery (taking by force), burglary (taken by entering unlawfully), and embezzlement (stealing from an employer) are all commonly thought of as theft, they are distinguished by the means and methods used, and are separately designated as those types of crimes in criminal charges and statutory punishments. (See: larceny, robbery, burglary, embezzlement)
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theft
in English law, now defined in statutory terms as the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. The law has, however, been complicated by semantic arguments, leading the Court of Appeal to say that the law is in urgent need of reform to make cases understandable to juries. Wheel-clamping is not theft in England (contrary to the position in Scotland) because there is not the intention to permanently deprive.In Scots criminal law, the felonious taking or appropriation (or retention) of the property of another without his consent and (in most cases, but not necessarily) with the intention to deprive him of it permanently. Wheel-clamping has been held to be theft in Scotland, even although the vehicle is not moved by the clamper.
THEFT, crimes. This word is sometimes used as synonymous with larceny, (q.v.) but it is not so technical. Ayliffe's Pand. 581 2 Swift's Dig. 309.
2. In the Scotch law, this is a proper and technical word, and signifies the secret and felonious abstraction of the property of another for sake of lucre, without his consent. Alison, Princ. Cr. Law of Scotl. 250.
2. In the Scotch law, this is a proper and technical word, and signifies the secret and felonious abstraction of the property of another for sake of lucre, without his consent. Alison, Princ. Cr. Law of Scotl. 250.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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