thief

Betekenis (Engels)

1. One who carries out a theft.
2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
3. (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Sinonieme

robber

burglar

bandit

pilferer

pickpocket

stealer

plunderer

pirate

crook

theft

steal

rogue

cheat

house-breaker

thug

brigand

swindler

highwayman

hypocrite

criminal

housebreaker

mugger

outlaw

scoundrel

snitch

traitor

ganef

career criminal

professional criminal

candle-snuff

liar

lifter

lurcher

marauder

meteor

cattle-lifter

nosey

house breaker

glutton

pilfer

freebooter

filcher

plunder

felon

prowler

purloiner

rascal

ravisher

rebel

restless

Vertalings

voleur

ladrón

Dieb

ladro

dief

ladrão

fur

κλέφτης

lladre

hırsız

voleuse

ladra

Räuber

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/θiːf/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: thef

Geërf van Old English: þēof

In summary

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.