thiever

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noun

One who thieves.

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abstractorappropriatorbaggerboosterborrowercribberfakerfilcher
First used 17th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounthiever (plural thievers)

plural thievers

  1. uncommonOne who thieves.First known use 17th c.

    The Receiver Is as bad as the Thiever.

    1732, Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; Wise Sentences and Witty Sayings, Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British, volume I, London, page 274
    1 more example

    May this juſtifie a Backberond, or Common Thiever; with all Lewdneſs and Wantonneſs of Heart, meerly for Spoil and Lucre, to rob Orchards, and waſte Vineyards […]

    1674, a Perſon of Honour, Defensio Legis: Or, The Whole State of England Inquiſited and Defended for General Satisfaction, London, page 260

    Synonyms: abstractor, appropriator, bagger, booster, borrower, cribber, faker, filcher

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who thieves.

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abstractorappropriatorbaggerboosterborrowercribberfakerfilcherfloggerheisterlarcenerlarcenistliberatorliftermisappropriatornickerpincherpurloinersnitchstealer
Also see
thief

Origin

From thieve + -er.

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APA

thiever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thiever

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Chicago

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