thief

Meaning

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.

Concepts

thief

robber

burglar

bandit

pilferer

pickpocket

stealer

plunderer

theft

pirate

crook

highwayman

cheat

swindler

brigand

house-breaker

rogue

thug

steal

housebreaker

mugger

outlaw

criminal

snitch

candle-snuff

ganef

scoundrel

hypocrite

career criminal

professional criminal

traitor

voir aussi robber

knave

ruffian

suspicious fellow

villain

insurgent

rebel

shoplifter

lurcher

stealing away

impious man

ravisher

night-robber

grab-all

grafter

hook

prowler

scrounger

snuff

depredator

defrauder

filcher

purloiner

stolen

thieving

plunder

lifter

cattle-lifter

house breaker

kleptomaniac

nosey

restless

toucher

highway robber

cunning person

delinquent

snitcher

buccaneer

dacoit

dakoit

freebooter

marauder

ganof

gonif

goniff

larcener

larcenist

rustler

rascal

convict

felon

intruder

glutton

crane

derrick

falling star

meteor

larceny

liar

pilfer

thievish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θiːf/

Etymology

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /eːo/ became [iə] rather than [eː]. (Compare the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)