How To Use Thief In A Sentence

Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
The thief walked off with my gold watch
The thief smiled at the small mound of diamonds piled inside.
Tonight I must sneak like the thief that I am down into the farmer's hencoop and steal one of his chickens.
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.

Police were today searching for a thief who snatched hundreds of pounds from a busy shop in Walton.
And he called Herodotus a thief and a beguiler, and “the same with intent to deceive,” as one of their own poets writes. Letters to Dead Authors
Dororo's main character Kou Shibasaki (The Sinking of Japan) as the woman warrior Dororo, who was a precocious street child and self-styled "greatest thief in all of Japan".
Whenever any one giveth thee aught, a thief stealeth it from thee! The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The thief was perceived to steal into the house.
I think they may have skipped "The Thief in the Tower" because it abbreviates to TTITT. Disney's Animated Film 'Rapunzel' Changes Title to 'Tangled' « FirstShowing.net
It's simple for a thief to break glass panels and then reach in and open a doorknob from the inside. HOME SECURITY BASICS
With muffled thuds and a yelp, Ace and the thief tussled on the floor.
Which sounded to me like a fancy way of saying he was a thief. Times, Sunday Times
Le larron does not seem to be used in conversational French (my daughter taught me the word after she learned it in her French class while reading a classic text) ... so here are some useful synonyms: un escroc (swindler, con man, crook) un malfaiteur (burglar) un voleur (thief) French Word-A-Day:
Is there a handy dustbin or a down-spout that will assist the thief to climb on to the roof?
Us married just five months, and her the nicest girl living, and you keeping us flat broke all the time, you damned old thief, so you can put money away for your saphead of a son and your wishywashy fool of a daughter! Babbit
Amazingly, he was left unscathed after being thrown onto the road when the thief refused to stop.
Perhaps it's set a thief to catch a thief. Times, Sunday Times
The sum which he demanded appeared exorbitant to the hadji, who, forgetting that he was a saint, and fresh from Mecca, fumed outrageously, and in broken Spanish called the boatman thief. The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
Her mother, Jackiey, the daughter of a market trader, was described in her daughter's autobiography as a petty thief and "clipper" - a woman who pretends to be a prostitute but runs off with the money instead. DUFF & NONSENSE!
These pieces of information link up to suggest who the thief was.
You are protected instantly if a thief misuses your credit card.
Swindon police say that he was away from his bike, delivering a letter, when the thief took the bag.
Despite a government campaign to depict the victim as a drug user and thief, Egypt's independent press refused to drop the story and thousands of Egyptians staged silent vigils to demand justice.
He had recently collared a car thief who confessed to breaking into 100 cars in one night.
In Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, diamond-nabber Bill Mason notes notes a strange security trend: people will spend big bucks to have a whole host ultra-sophisticated locks on their front doors -- but they'll put something flimsy on the back door, or leave the windows unlocked altogether. Defense Tech: Lock the back door, too
The thief then grabbed her purse as the shocked pensioner raised the alarm by shouting to her husband.
The court laid the young thief under an obligation to report to the police station once a week.
The purse in her handbag was a sitter for any thief.
It may not stop a thief, but it will remind you before you leave it behind. The Sun
They and helicopter pilots risked their lives on numerous occasions to save our butts and they were heroes in our eyes, but not to manny garcia gump, no sir, he was the only hero in his racist filled eyes, and you people all of you should be ashamed of yourselves for being taken in by this liar and thief of real honor. Manny garcia
A petty thief is seen pulling off a cheap scam on a shopkeeper by a major league con-artist who recruits him for a big job.
A bicycle thief made a quick getaway after stealing his set of wheels in broad daylight.
Alcoholism is a thief of health, mental sanity and human dignity. Dr T.P.Chia
A true man and a thief think not the same.
To me, he will always be a dirty thief and a ruthless abductor!
The thief got away down the fire escape.
I only caught a glimpse of the thief, so I can't really describe him.
To escape from police officers the thief weaved through/between/in and out of stationary traffic on a bicycle.
“To cut the matter short, Ratcliffe, you have been a most notorious thief,” said the examinant. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Within seconds, rollerblading officer Stephane Ajuelos has handcuffed a colleague posing as a thief.
So he is a fraud, a common thief in other words.
Alcoholism is a thief of health, mental sanity and human dignity. Dr T.P.Chia
You're going to be bumped and jostled many times while you wait in line - one of those bumps could be a nimble-fingered thief taking your cash.
Doors and windows left open during the warm summer weather are an invitation to the opportunist thief.
Show me a liar, and I will show you a thief.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
In scandal, as in robbery,the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
Jones used to be a thief, but now he's seen the error of his ways and is trying to rebuild his life.
A thief eased the old lady of her purse.
The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police.
I say to you again," repeated the determined gopher, his grip tightening on the sickle-knife, "if you move I'll open this thief's neek and let out his life among the stones. A Corridor in the Asylum
The owner's name marked on this cigarette lighter has been filed away by the thief.
I take pride in being a thief, and what's more, I am the best dip in the States.
A thief who tried to escape justice was caught in mid-air after he inadvertently jumped onto a trampoline. Times, Sunday Times
I am not a shirker, a scrounger, a beggar, nor a thief. Times, Sunday Times
At first Swiss police thought the Frenchman, who crossed the border each day to work in restaurants, was a passionate art lover who became a compulsive thief to realise his dream of owning a private art collection.
That changed while she was sunbathing in a public park and an opportunist thief made off with a friend's mobile phone. Times, Sunday Times
In the sacristy is a horrid and appropriate image of the bad thief. Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country
Thoughts of the dwarfish little thief brought a fresh ache to a throat sore and throbbing. Earl of Durkness
The witness deposed to having seen the thief steal the golden ring.
Because the code keeps changing, it's impossible for a car thief to grab the correct one.
he dealt with the thief mercifully
They would simply hand her over to the magistrate as a thief.
As he tried to stop the car, the thief drove off with the passenger door open.
He made an unsuccessful attempt to stop the thief.
Makutu was resorted to often for the purpose of avenging some insult, or to punish a thief or other evildoer.
But the film would have portrayed her as a thief and there was a public outcry in Monaco. Times, Sunday Times
The thief was put on probation for two years.
Tom beat up on the thief when he happened to see him.
It was unthinkable that any one save a thief and an out-right scoundrel, such by the way as were all of his business rivals and the men who refused to tote and carry at his bidding, should make a threat like that; worse than unthinkable, utterly, depravedly disgraceful that one of the house of Packard should resort to such devious and damnable practices. Man to Man
Pheadrus is an elf that has been reincarnated from a human thief; he retains most of his memories and skills from when he was a thief as well as skills from his current life as an elf.
Ransacked: Ania Cerelczak outside the gallery in Great Guildford Street Bungling thief drops mobile during ram-raid at gallery Robbers smashed their van into a London art gallery in a ram-raid that caused thousands of pounds of damage. Evening Standard - Home
It's the crippled man, yelling into your face, cursing, calling you a thief, his breath phlegmy and rancid. Saying It with Flowers
Rather than nicking your car stereo, the thief of 2020 will be after your whole digital persona.
Show me a liar, and I will show you a thief.
The policeman seized the thief by the arm.
They suspect him to be a thief.
Another product of the streets, at twenty Sarah's resume included the occupations of thief, hustler, pick pocket and prostitute.
The thief used a false identity.
The old lady pointed out the machine-gunner on top of the personnel carrier as the thief, and when the lieutenant ordered the man to empty his pockets, piaster notes tumbled out. The Village
The thief stabbed me in the arm with a knife as he seized my bag.
We want another president, not a crook and a thief. Times, Sunday Times
Officers are appealing for help in catching the thief. The Sun
The judge sentenced the thief to five years in prison.
A fent thief, or perhaps a fent damaged in Hurricane Ike. Obama negotiations with Iraq.
Thirteen-year-old Alan Dale, only son of a poor widow, scrapes a meagre living as a thief and cutpurse in and around the busy town of Nottingham. Archive 2009-12-01
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Supermarket manager Chris Baker gave chase after a thief snatched a bundle of notes from one of his tills on Tuesday afternoon.
The thief's catch of 46,000 might seem like small beer. Times, Sunday Times
This thief had previous convictions and so was a felon, but the constable fired at him without knowing this.
Check your house for weak spots where a thief could enter.
A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
The real Turpin it seems was just as different, an unattractive, unchivalrous and brutal thief who raped and murdered.
But if God permitted men to hold _men_ as property, equally with oxen, the man-thief, could get men with whom to pay the penalty, as well as the ox-thief, oxen. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.
Was the judge too severe on the thief?
The convicted thief will lose his right to liberty by being placed in prison.
The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad).
Which is a bad thing, cause I always liked Lou and nobody likes a thief, leastways one that's low enough to steal from another carny. Think being nobody's easy? Try it with the lights out.
The thief and his pursuers were uncertain on their feet while they tried to traverse the unstable landscape.
You are protected instantly if a thief misuses your credit card.
Make a car thief a lottery millionaire and it will not immediately improve his sense of etiquette.
The victim then walks away assuming his card has been "swallowed" - leaving the thief free to recover it and, using the PIN he has just memorised, withdraw as much money as possible. Evening Standard - Home
Imagine being Thief of Bagdad, title apropos to these times, as a Chinese American at Graumann's Chinese Theatre, then in its Chinarama phase, chock-a-block with faux orientalism, a chinkee apocalypse in plastic and red paper. GreenCine Daily
He was not only a very dexterous thief, but was notorious for his boldness and hardihood, and for the number of his previous convictions.
For the ancients of Pisa have met for the last time; the signory of Florence plots no more; no more will any Emperor with the pride of a barbarian, the mien of a beggar or a thief, cross the Alps, or such an one as Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition
The thief, described as a heavyset black woman weighing between 220 and 240 pounds, parked a blue Volkswagen Beetle in front of the store. Chron.com Chronicle
Why becoming a data thief is all too easy - USATODAY. com Why becoming a data thief is all too easy
A few months later, five year-old Janet steals money ‘in the first week of school’ to buy chewing gum and is savagely pilloried as a thief by Miss Botting, her teacher.
Mann spent a lot of time shooting in film back then, thief, manhunter, heat, mohicans etc. Why Or Why Didn’t The HD Video Look Of Public Enemies Work For You? | /Film
Owen Wilson plays a petty thief living in Hawaii, a place where apparently even the poorest dirtbag can afford an apartment opening onto white sandy beaches.
The policeman took possession of the thief's bag.
The loser of the coat had a piece of gold concealed in the collar. To the thief, he said, "This coat is worth one piece of gold. Now I beg you to let me redeem it at that value.
‘It is all because of that no-good thief,’ she whispered.
Better to watch a thief fence his swag than open the Australian magazine and be confronted with the geriatric dribbles of an incontinent mind.
The valuables could be identified immediately if a thief tries to sell them at auction.
He died in 1832 during midnight shootout with Rod MacToddy, the cattle thief.
A thief steals the oxen and, hearing the thumbling's angry voice, takes him to be a ghost.
The lock on this door had never been designed with the idea of confining a thief. Take A Thief
He was not sure he should place his trust in the words of someone who was a notorious liar and thief.
Thief," Klassh spoke and this time felt the word penetrate the elf's mental block.surprise. fear. The Dragons at War
They looped a rope around the thief.
An egg thief who raided bird's nests in Orkney has been placed on probation and had his car confiscated.
a cotter is a thief; he that lifts a drove from a Sassenach laird is a gentleman-drover. The Waverley
He made an admission that he was the thief.
The thief made a misguided attempt to rob a policewoman.
A thief jumped in and drove away, but the weaving truck scattered a trail of donuts in its wake - a fragrant trail which cops gleefully homed in on.
A thief took two cotton towels, two hand towels and an ashtray from a Motel 6 in the 100 block of Airport Freeway on Monday. Archive 2007-01-28
Police have described the crime as despicable and urged members of the public to help them catch the callous thief.
Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself.
Who rides at the tail of a Border thief, he sits not long at his meat.
And remember this man is not only a thug, a bully, and a promoter of terrorism, he is also an thief and embezzler on a large scale.
The guard set off in pursuit of the thief.
One night a thief broke into the church to steal jewels from the Madonna on the High Altar.
Set a thief to catch a thief. Times, Sunday Times
From my third floor vantage point, I could see a young would-be car thief trying to hot-wire an old van that I had not seen move in over a year.
How canst thou dare, " said she with angry look, "to descend into my garden and steal my rampion like a thief?
Danny's few friends include talented thief Les, the ditzy and occasionally vanishing Dixie, and Vandra, a vampiric "physick" who heals using her teeth. Publishers Weekly - Children's Books News
She went further to discredit her former colleague by calling her a liar and a thief.
Police today warned store bosses to be aware of a violent thief working in the area.
Show me a liar, and I will show you a thief.
To escape from police officers the thief weaved through/between/in and out of stationary traffic on a bicycle.
the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar
This whole area has been bothered by a mysterious hunt-and-peck thief for several months. PASSION AND ILLUSION
United States not only believed in slavery, but bought and sold women and babes in the name of Jesus Christ, this infidel, this wretch who is now burning in the flames of hell, lifted his voice against human slavery and said: "It is robbery, and a slaveholder is a thief; the whipper of women is a barbarian; the seller of a child is a savage. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
He established and created an alguacil of the poor, not to harass them, but to examine them and see whether they really were so; for many a sturdy thief or drunkard goes about under cover of a make – believe crippled limb or a sham sore. Don Quixote
Mudge the great thief, Mudge the great drunk, Mudge the great wencher, Mudge the great ... The Lives of Felix Gunderson
Now she is reported by by-standers in York for brutally punching a petty thief to the ground, she is arrested and investigated, and she becomes a Conservative Party have-a-go poster girl. Con-Watch: Sticking Plaster and Law-and-Order Policy
If a thief has pinched a mobile, and changed the IMEI number, he will need to change the number carried on the label on the phone as well.
That you are banned from the shops because you are a grubby, low-life thief.
The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.
But on his very first day a thief steals the bicycle essential for the job. Times, Sunday Times
It might have been brought in by a thief, or by a malefactor who had followed Richie from Manhattan. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
In Armstrong's case, his identity thief plead guilty to a laundry list of charges and is slated to spend just five years in the pokey.
A piteous yelp from the lower regions at last announced that the thief was captured, and Tom appeared bearing Snip by the nape of the neck in one hand and Polly's cherished bonnet in the other. An Old-Fashioned Girl
The receiver is as bad as the thief — aye, and the thief is finer than the receiver; he at least has the courage to run the risk. The Somnambulists
The thief tricked his way into an elderly woman's home.
the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest
The thief was perceived to steal into the house.
Brown, who was under no delusion as to his share in the venture, scoffed openly at the idea of finding anything buried, in a land where every living "crittur," as he put it, was a thief from birth. The Ivory Trail
I suspect he is a thief.
A bungling thief who masterminded a plot to defraud cashpoint customers by installing a camera in an ATM machine has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
But the film would have portrayed her as a thief and there was a public outcry in Monaco. Times, Sunday Times
a distinct proposal now that the thief and the justice shall change places on the spot -- with the inquiry as to which is _the justice_, and which is the _thief_, openly started -- one would almost fancy that the subject had been exhausted here, or would be, if these indications should be followed up. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
The lady struggled with the thief.
The thief ran off with an angry crowd at his heels.
Tragically, big brother never gets to see his junior realize his dreams, when he gets fatally plugged by Anonymous Gun-Toting Thief.
The thief made a snatch at the woman's purse.
Police are mystified as to how the thief managed to open the vehicle without using force.
Police will have the pictures enlarged in an attempt to identify the thief.
I've intervened in fights before, and chased a thief.
They turned the place inside out but did not find the thief.
The thief made off with our silver
Did you catch the thief?
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.
Here and there a desperate thief, with hungry eyes and thin haggard face, was climbing down through the gap, in rash hope of possible treasure. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
He's no better than a common thief.
The thief crept along the corridor.
The witness deposed to having seen the thief steal the golden ring.
The door opens out on to the roof and you can see where the thief has left footmarks in the snow.
Between thief and -- there was no word for what he and Warvia were now, but every hominid knew the word _thief_. The Ringworld Throne
All their robberies were of the sneak - thief order.
A thief had to empty his pockets out in the court dock to prove he was skint.
After a short distance, the driver was able to get out and run away unharmed while the thief climbed into the driving seat and drove off.
He was traumatized as a child, apparently, when his mentally ill father forced him to kill a thief.
Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief. Castle Rackrent
It was unknown for footpads to be encountered on the lonely path, as no one would be likely to pass this way carrying anything of value to a thief.
The police gave a full description of the thief's modus operandi.
The failed thief drew both of his blades, and with a swift motion stepped forward, turned, and attacked.
These buildings had produced the most sickening and horrific ashes and smoke in existence, and now they were where the thief was hiding.
He spends all of his waking hours hatching schemes to catch the thief red-handed.
The policeman raced after the thief.
The thief vanished into the crowd.
the cattle thief has a price on his head
A knifeman and thief is today starting a three-year jail term for stabbing a householder in the stomach in a street confrontation over a garage break-in.
It does not mean by this that a scrawny pullet is of more importance than family honor; it simply means that the man who steals a pullet is a cowardly thief, while the one who ignores the advances of a pretty woman is an incorrigible idiot. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1.
The thief wriggled out of the old man's grip.
The Cimmerian is a talented fighter, but his travels have given him vast experience in other trades, especially as a thief; he is also a talented commander, tactician and strategist, as well as a born leader. The Facts About Conan

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