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Synonyms for thieves:


noun person who steals

bandit
burglar
criminal
crook
mugger
pickpocket
pirate
robber
sniper
swindler
cheat
clip
defalcator
embezzler
hijacker
housebreaker
kleptomaniac
larcener
larcenist
lifter
moonlighter
owl
pilferer
plunderer
prowler
punk
scrounger
shoplifter
spider
stealer
heister
purloiner

verb steal

filch
hook
loot
pilfer
rob
swipe

Examples of uses:

? They think you are the thieves, the thieves are them!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
But ships are but boards, sailors are but men, there be land rats and water rats, water thieves and land thieves.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
He says they're not big thieves like most white men, just little thieves.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
The thieves on TVaren't the only thieves, you know.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
They think you are the thieves, the thieves are them!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
We are just little thieves stealing from the big thieves.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
I figure you Australian thieves are the only thieves who can supply in bulk.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Makes me long for the days when I was catching good, honest thieves. At least you know where you are with thieves.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
There are more thieves around here than there are in the stock exchange and that is a Dickens of a lot of thieves!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
I figure you Australian thieves are the only thieves who can supply in bulk. I'll tell you what I'm prepared to offer.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

Antonyms for thieves:

law
buy