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thief

Entry Word:: thief
Function:: noun

Text: one who steals<sentenced the thief who stole Mrs. Stuckeyʼs rosebushes to 30 hours of community service in the municipal rose garden>Synonymspincher, purloiner, robber, stealerRelated Wordsburglar, 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

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