sneak thief

"Out with you, you sneak-thief; I am not afraid of you," Karl cried again.

More than that, he has the sly and stealthy manners of the sneak-thief and the brigand.

I was foolish not to complain to the management at once, for I might have been robbed by some sneak-thief.

He had the chance, and being a sneak thief by nature he took it.

Bluff demanded first of all, his suspicions running in the direction of a sneak thief.