(1) A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
(2) A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it [also: thieves (pl)]
(3) Person who steals
(1) They had accused her of stealing, saying she was a thief and was stealing their things.
(2) Because the code keeps changing, it's impossible for a car thief to grab the correct one.
(3) He was asked to lock the door if he left the premises but he failed to do so, and a thief entered and stole some jewellery.
(4) The occupant was in another room when the thief struck, snatching the bag from a table in the living room.
(5) Police are mystified as to how the thief managed to open the vehicle without using force.
(6) A woman dashed out of her house in her pyjamas to disturb a thief who was using a tow truck to try to steal her car.
(7) As he tried to stop the car, the thief drove off with the passenger door open.
(8) Perhaps the thief hid the box until it was safe for him to take it to another area.
(9) A by-stander eventually broke up what he thought was a fight and the thief escaped.
(10) The thief defrauded banks and building societies and left a trail of unpaid bills.
(11) Petty thief
(12) A young mother was dragged to her knees by a would-be thief who tried to steal her handbag.
(13) The thief stole the drugs from a doctor's surgery
(14) Swindon police say that he was away from his bike, delivering a letter, when the thief took the bag.
(15) The thief then grabbed her purse as the shocked pensioner raised the alarm by shouting to her husband.
(16) Police today warned store bosses to be aware of a violent thief working in the area.
(17) Against the odds he survives to become a car thief in Miami, all the while plotting his revenge.
(18) Amazingly, he was left unscathed after being thrown onto the road when the thief refused to stop.
(19) When she took the paper bag from the car the thief snatched it from her grasp and fled.
(20) He was visiting the gym when the thief followed him in, broke into his locker and stole his keys.
(21) Make a car thief a lottery millionaire and it will not immediately improve his sense of etiquette.
(22) Police were today searching for a thief who snatched hundreds of pounds from a busy shop in Walton.
robber
burglar
housebreaker
cat burglar
rustler
shoplifter
pickpocket
purse snatcher
sneak thief
mugger
embezzler
swindler
plunderer
criminal
villain
kleptomaniac
bandit
bandito
pirate
highwayman
crook
brigand
Money Heist Season 1, Episode 9
-No.\N-That I’m thief.
Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 7
I did not leave the comfort of my home to come to yours and be called a thief.
Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 7
No one is calling you a thief.
Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 3
- You told me you weren't a thief. - I wasn't.
Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 3
Horse thief.
