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thief

/θiːf/

/θif/

Translations

thiefnoun

thieves

/θiːf/

/θif/

вор

The thief was caught by the police.

Вор был пойман полицией.

грабитель

The bank was robbed by a masked thief.

Банк был ограблен маскированным грабителем.

Additional translations

Synonyms

Antonyms

law-abiding citizen

honest person

thiefadjective

/θiːf/

Used attributively before nouns to denote relation to thieves or theft (e.g., thief alarm).

Synonyms

Definitions

thiefnoun

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.

thiefadjective

Relating to thieves or intended to prevent or detect theft; burglar-proof.

The warehouse was equipped with a sophisticated thief alarm system.