Definitions
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Word origin
From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.
Used in a sentence
“water-thieves and land-thieves”
“Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee.”
“But hear you, my Worthy Brethren: do not you, where you see a thief in the candle, call presently for an extinguisher[…]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Burglar”5 letters
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