thief

UK
/θiːf/
US
/θif/

Übersetzungen

thiefsubstantiv
thieves
Pl.
UK
/θiːf/
US
/θif/
The thief was caught by the police.
Вор был пойман полицией.
The bank was robbed by a masked thief.
Банк был ограблен маскированным грабителем.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
Antonyme
law-abiding citizen
honest person
thiefadjektiv
UK
/θiːf/
US
/θiːf/
Used attributively before nouns to denote relation to thieves or theft (e.g., thief alarm).

Definitionen

thiefsubstantiv
A person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
The thief was caught on camera stealing a bicycle from the front yard.
Something that deprives, removes, or steals, especially in a figurative sense.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
thiefadjektiv
Relating to thieves or intended to prevent or detect theft; burglar-proof.
The warehouse was equipped with a sophisticated thief alarm system.