thief
Plural: thieves
Noun
- A person who steals another person's property, especially secretly.
- a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
- One who carries out a theft.
- One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
- A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Examples
- He felt like a THIEF, snatching the triple word score right from under his opponent’s nose.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /eːo/ became [iə] rather than [eː]. (Compare the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)
Synonyms
stealer, abstractor, appropriator, bagger, booster, borrower, cribber, faker, filcher, flogger, heister, larcener, larcenist, liberator, lifter, misappropriator, nicker, pincher, purloiner, snitch, tea leaf, thief, thiever
Scrabble Score: 11
thief: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordthief: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thief: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary