thief

The definition of a thief is a person who takes something without permission or without the owner knowing.

(noun)

An example of a thief is someone who steals wallets out of back pockets.

See thief in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. thieves

a person who steals, esp. secretly; one guilty of theft, or larceny

Origin: ME < OE theof, thiof, akin to Ger dieb < IE base *teup-, to cower, lurk

See thief in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. thieves thieves (thēvz)

One who steals, especially by stealth.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English thēof

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