Entry Word: thief

Function: noun

Meaning: one who steals <sentenced the thief who stole Mrs. Stuckeyʼs rosebushes to 30 hours of community service in the municipal rose garden>

Synonyms pincher, purloiner, robber, stealer

Related Words burglar, housebreaker; embezzler, grafter; kleptomaniac; pickpocket, pilferer, rifler, shoplifter; abductor, hijacker, kidnapper, skyjacker; despoiler, looter, plunderer, ransacker, ravisher; poacher, rustler, smuggler; bandit, highwayman, pirate; grabber, mugger