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Another word for thief

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thief

n.

burglar, highwayman, holdup man; see criminal, robber.

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Another word for thief

noun

A person who steals:

bandit, burglar, highwayman, housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, pilferer, purloiner, robber, stealer. See crimes

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"He was a thief and a scoundrel," Harold added.
He might think you're a sneak thief and shoot you with that big gun he carries.
This change is also caused by -o, as in lleidr, " thief," from lateo.
In 1832 a strolling company of actors visited Mere, and Barnes wrote a farce, The Honest Thief, which they produced, and a comedy which was played at Wincanton.
The Solenopsis can make its way into the territory of the Formica to steal the larvae which serve it as food, but the Formica is too large to pursue the thief when it returns to its own galleries.

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