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thief

THIEF, n. plu. thieves.

1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.

2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job.30.

3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10.

4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matt. 21.

5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.


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THIEF, n. plu. thieves.

1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.

2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job.30.

3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10.

4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matt. 21.

5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.

THIEF, n. [plur. Thieves. Sax. theof; Sw. tiuf; D. dief; G. dieb; Goth. thiubs; Dan. tyv.]

  1. A person guilty of theft.
  2. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force. Blackstone.
  3. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job xxx. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment. Luke x.
  4. One who seduces by false doctrine. John x.
  5. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as, a den of thieves. Matth. xxi.
  6. An excrescence or waster in the snuff of a candle. May.

Thief
  1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

    There came a privy thief, men clepeth death. Chaucer.

    Where thieves break through and steal. Matt. vi. 19.

  2. A waster in the snuff of a candle.

    Bp. Hall.

    Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker. -- Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief. L'Estrange. -- Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. -- Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. -- Thieves' vinegar, 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. [Eng.]

    Syn. -- Robber; pilferer. -- Thief, Robber. A thief takes our property by stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by main force.

    Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night. Shak.

    Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton.

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Thief

THIEF, noun plural thieves.

1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.

2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30:5.

3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10:1.

4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matthew 21:1.

5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.

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