One who carries out a theft. / One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. / (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of thief, meaning to steal.

(proscribed, nonstandard) plural of thief

(rare) The state or conduct of a thief; thievery

A thief who steals without being noticed and without using violence.

Something stealthy or that occurs without warning.

A coconut crab.

Solenopsis molesta, very small ants that sometimes nest close to other ant nests, from which they steal food.

plural of thief ant

A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.