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Definition: Sneak Thief |
Sneak ThiefNoun1. A thief who steals without using violence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sneak ThiefSynonyms: pilferer (n), snitcher (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Thief | Spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "sneak thief"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | brac (pilferer). (various references) | |
Arabic | اللص المتسلل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | крадец на дребно (lurcher, magpie, pilferer, scrounger, sneak). (various references) | |
French | chapardeur. (various references) | |
Greek | μικροκλέφτησ (petty thief). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ' ב (burglar, robber, snitch, steal, thief), סחבן (pilferer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | besurranó tolvaj. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 賊 (petty thief, pilferer), 空き巣狙い (prowler), 空き巣ねらい (prowler), 空き巣 (prowler), 空巣 (prowler), 昼鳶 , 忍び (spy, stealing, surreptitious visit to house of ill repute). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そぞく (petty thief, pilferer, rodents), しのび (spy, stealing, surreptitious visit to house of ill repute), ひると"び, あきすねらい (prowler), あきす (prowler). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaksnay iefthay.(various references) | |
Russian | мелкий вор. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lopov (blackleg, burglar, crook, hacker, lifter, picklock, prig, robber, taker, thief, yegg). (various references) | |
Spanish | ratero (filcher, petty thief, pickpocket, pilferer), garduño. (various references) | |
Turkish | ufak tefek hırsızı, bulduğunu çalan hırsız, aşırıcı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-h-i-k-n-s-t" | |
-3 letters: etesian, ethanes, fainest, fishnet, hankies, intakes, sheitan, sthenia, theines. | |
-4 letters: akenes, enates, ethane, faints, faiths, fasten, feints, fetish, fiesta, finest, hankie, hasten, infest, intake, kenafs, kinase, kithes, knifes, saithe, sateen, senate, shaken, shanti, skeane, snathe, takins, teniae, tenias, thanes, thanks, theine, theins, thinks, tineas, tisane. | |
-5 letters: akees, akene, anise, ankhs, antes, antis, ashen. | |
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