noun. One who commits the act or crime of theft.

noun. The bramble Rubus fruticosus. Compare theve-thorn.

noun. A person who steals, or is guilty of larceny or robbery; one who takes the goods or property of another without the owner's knowledge or consent; especially, one who deprives another of property secretly or without open force, as opposed to a robber, who openly uses violence.

noun. A person guilty of cunning or deceitful acts; a lawless person; an evil-doer: used in reproach.

noun. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to gutter.

noun. A tin can to which a small line or becket is attached, used as a drinking-cup by sailors. It is made heavier on one side, so that it will capsize when it is dropped in the water.

noun. A thief-tube.

noun. Same as hermit-crab.

noun. Synonyms Pilferer, Pirate (see robber), pickpocket, cutpurse. See pillage, n.

noun. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See theft.

noun. A waster in the snuff of a candle.

noun. Same as Thief taker.

noun. one who leads or takes away a thief.

noun. one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice.

noun. a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask.

noun. a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London.

noun. One who has carried out a theft.

noun. A waster in the snuff of a candle.

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

bait-thief  thieves' latin  thieves' vinegar  

thieve  

like a thief  

burglar  cat burglar  mugger  pickpocket  robber  

Leif  aperitif  bas-relief  beef  belief  

adventurer  assassin  beast  beggar  burglar  

Judas  bad person  bandit  betrayer  booster  

theft  thieves