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Meanings of thief in English
Synonyms
Examples for "rogue"
Examples for "rogue"
1
How a rogue weapons program created the new American way of war.
2
However, some rogue companies have found sneaky ways to bypass these measures.
3
And for example in the rogue police case, 'cause we mentioned that.
4
Allowing the rogue's speech centers to operate was out of the question.
5
Short range missiles can be bought form rogue states like North Korea.
1
Then answer me one question: is Wennerström a scoundrel or isn't he?
2
You have married in my son the biggest scoundrel in the county.
3
He is the most intolerable scoundrel on the face of the earth.
4
The paragraph recorded the finding of the body of the drunken scoundrel.
5
Every Class II in the house will know you are a scoundrel!
Usage of thief in English
1
There in the midst of the hives was the old honey thief.
2
Fortunately for the thief the sheriff happened to be in the neighborhood.
3
One becomes a carpenter; another, a silversmith; and the third, a thief.
4
But I find the way the thief signed off-'xoxo'-farmore interesting.
5
Think of the thief on the cross whom Christ pardoned in dying.
6
The Kafir thief had driven them off in the direction of Somerset.
7
A single thief in the jury-box could defeat the ends of justice.
8
No; the thief got alarmed, and took that way of returning it.
9
He was thief and pirate in her eyes; nothing more, nothing less.
10
The thief, having secured the chalice, is still locked in the church.
11
Then the thief and his companion took the horse from the stall.
12
The thief had taken only part of them; a very curious thing.
13
The success of the European art thief is enlightening the American thief.
14
The next thing you notice is the furtive look of the thief.
15
The camera was in place Sunday evening, but the thief stayed away.
16
So the king had to pay the thief the six hundred florins.
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Thief through the time
Thief across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
South Africa
Common
United States of America
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