n. | 1. | One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft. | |||||||||||||||
2. | A waster in the snuff of a candle.
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Noun | 1. | thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it Synonyms: stealer |
THIEF, crimes. One who has been guilty of larceny or theft.
To dream that you are a thief, signifies much unpleasantness in your social life and distress in your business. You may also be overstepping your boundaries. To dream that you are in pursuit or capture a thief, denotes that you will overcome your rivals. To dream that you are a witness to a theft, indicates that others are wasting and stealing your time, energy, and ideas.Judas, bad person, bandit, betrayer, booster, brigand, buccaneer, cat burglar, cat man, charlatan, cheat, con artist, con man, confidence man, convict, corsair, cracksman, criminal, crook, cutpurse, dacoit, deceiver, delinquent, desperado, desperate criminal, dip, double-dealer, embezzler, evildoer, felon, filcher, filibuster, flimflam man, footpad, freebooter, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, gunman, highwayman, hijacker, housebreaker, jailbird, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, lawbreaker, lifter, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, marauder, misfeasor, mobster, mountebank, mugger, nip, outlaw, peculator, picaroon, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, poacher, prig, privateer, public enemy, purloiner, quisling, racketeer, ruffian, scofflaw, sea rover, second-story man, sharper, shoplifter, sinner, stealer, swindler, thug, traitor, transgressor, trickster, two-timer, villain, worker of ill, wrongdoer