Synonyms for thief
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1. thief

   A robber seeks to obtain the property of others by force or intimidation; a thief by stealth and secrecy. In early English thief was freely used in both senses, as in Shakespeare and the Authorized Version of the English Bible, which has "two thieves" (Matt. xxvii, 38), where the Revised Version more correctly substitutes "two robbers."

   Synonyms:
   bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, depredator, despoiler, footpad, forager, freebooter, highwayman, marauder, pillager, pirate, plunderer, raider, robber

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1. thief, stealernoun

   a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

   Synonyms:
   stealer

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1. • Criminal

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1. radier

   a raider

   the thief got away

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

2. villan

   a bad person that steals other peoples things

   "a thief stole my purse"

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

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1. thiefnoun

   Synonyms:
   pickpocket, shop-lifter, pilferer, cutpurse, petty robber

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1. thiefnoun

   Synonyms:
   robber, pilferer, filcher, peculator, embezzler, defaulter, peculator, plagiarist, poacher, shoplifter, kleptomaniac

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1. List of paraphrases for "thief":

   robber, -thief, burglar, ganef, crook, bandit, perp, mugger, thieving

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1. Proverb:

   Thief who steals thief has one hundred years of pardon.

2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck:

   Hunger makes thief of any man.

3. E.W. Howe:

   A thief believes everybody steals.

4. Proverb:

   The thief is sorry he is to be hanged, not that he is a thief. #ReasonbehindApology

5. Jay McInerney:

   The restaurant thief was lurking around … and grabbed Anne’s bag from the back of her chair. At the time, we didn’t catch it … cops came and we filed a report at the restaurant; their security footage showed a man taking the bag. But when we went back to our hotel room … we were cleaned out. The thieves definitely had taste, they only took the good stuff … It didn’t occur to us at the time about the room key being in Anne’s purse, it couldn’t have been worse luck.