thief

Example Sentences

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A request to Police Scotland for the latest data revealed that Fiestas are actually Scotland's most common targets for thieves.

From BBC

Since the match against Newcastle on 18 January, dad Tom said people had stopped him the street to call him a "chicken nugget thief".

From BBC

Nikola Selakovic and the three other defendants were jeered as "thieves" by dozens of protesters as they arrived at the Belgrade court.

From Barron's

But stripped of the luxury of snobbery, the two became thick as the thieves they now were, at least according to the Third Reich.

From Literature

Hehir, who left the bus to chase the thief, has previously explained that he struck him in an act of self-defence after the thief tried to hit him.

From BBC