thief
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thief/θiːf/
▶noun (pl. thieves) a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence.
– origin OE thīof, thēof, of Gmc origin.
'thief' also found in these Oxford entries:
arrant
- cat burglar
- drummer
- ferret
- furuncle
- gonif
- innuendo
- Jack the Lad
- klepht
- kleptomania
- lurcher
- peterman
- prig
- smash-and-grab
- swag
- tea leaf
- theft
- thieve
- thug
