plural thieves
ˈthēvz 
: one that steals especially stealthily or secretly
also
: one who commits theft or larceny
Examples of thief in a Sentence
A thief took my purse.
a thief has been stealing wallets and valuables from the lockers at the gym
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Surveillance video shows the thieves, with faces covered, walking around the complexes on Northeast 191st St by 18th Ave.
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Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Set against the margins of Mumbai, the film follows four migrants – a gay husband, his wife working in a bar, a thief, and a pimp – whose lives converge around love, survival, and longing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 May 2026
Some thieves skip the recordkeeper and go straight for the account holder.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Michael Armitage, a British painter born in Kenya, updates old-style history painting with fresher, journalistic impulses to produce compositions—of chicken thieves, migrants crammed on rafts, crowds facing COVID-era curfews—that feel strangely dreamlike.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
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Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Set against the margins of Mumbai, the film follows four migrants – a gay husband, his wife working in a bar, a thief, and a pimp – whose lives converge around love, survival, and longing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 May 2026
Some thieves skip the recordkeeper and go straight for the account holder.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Michael Armitage, a British painter born in Kenya, updates old-style history painting with fresher, journalistic impulses to produce compositions—of chicken thieves, migrants crammed on rafts, crowds facing COVID-era curfews—that feel strangely dreamlike.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
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“Thief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thief. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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