Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who carries out a theft.

    Dieb, Diebin

    ворvor, воро́вкаvoróvka, ворю́гаvorjúga

    зло́дійzlódij, зло́дійкаzlódijka, краді́йkradíj

  2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.

  3. (obsolete)A waster in the snuff of a candle.

More definitions
  • a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Examples

470 sentences
  1. I'm glad they caught the thief.

    Я радий, що вони упіймали злодія.

    ruЯ рад, что они поймали вора.

    deIch bin froh, dass sie den Dieb erwischt haben.

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  2. Tom denied he was the thief.

    Том заперечував, що злодій — це він.

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  3. Tom knows who the thief is.

    Том знає, хто крадій.

    ruТом знает, кто вор.

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  4. The thief got away with the money.

    Злодій утік із грошіма.

    ruВор скрылся с деньгами.

    deDer Dieb entkam mit dem Geld.

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  5. Set a thief to catch a thief.

    Клин клином вишибають.

    ruКлин клином выбивают.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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one who carries out theft:
Deutsch
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one who carries out theft:

Origin

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeu

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tjoof (“thief”), West Frisian tsjeaf (“thief”), Dutch dief (“thief”), Low German Deef, Deev (“thief”), German Dieb (“thief”), Danish tyv (“thief”), Swedish tjuv (“thief”), Icelandic þjófur (“thief”).

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