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Definition of Thief
Thief

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

A waster in the snuff of a candle.

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Thief Quotations

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
William Shakespeare

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief,Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Benjamin Franklin

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
William Shakespeare

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
William Blake

Opportunity makes a thief.
Francis Bacon

Thief Translations

thief in Afrikaans is dief
thief in Danish is tyv
thief in Dutch is dief, steler
thief in French is crocheteur
thief in German is Dieb
thief in Hungarian is tolvaj
thief in Latin is furs, ereptor
thief in Norwegian is tyv
thief in Swedish is tjuv


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