Word "THIEF" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Synonyms:
stealer

Crossword Clues for THIEF

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1981 crime film, also known as Violent Streets, starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld (5) Mirror Quiz 18 Aug 2025
Burglar Commuter 05 Aug 2025
Man of steal? Wall Street Journal 28 Jul 2025
Pincher LA Times Daily 17 Jul 2025
Larcenist The Times Concise 04 Jul 2025
It's criminal if the disturbance leads to someone stealing (5)
Criminal who steals (5)
Boss taking time to replace company's main embezzler (5)
Robber Eugene Sheffer 02 Jun 2025
Robber one featured in article on forgery primarily The Times Cryptic 02 Jun 2025
Robber Mirror Tea Time 27 May 2025
One of 40 in One Thousand and One Nights (5) The Guardian Quick 22 May 2025
Unusually fit, he is one who takes by stealth (5) Puzzler Cryptic 14 May 2025
Movie with 19-down actress, The Book - (5)
One guilty of timely procrastination? (5)
Person who steals things
Shoplifter or burglar
Taker of a "five-finger discount"
Pilferer (5) Puzzler 08 Apr 2025
Light-fingered person Mirror Classic 06 Apr 2025
"Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ___" (2010 movie)
If the move is made, he'll take things not offered (5)
A quiet removal man?
Robber Premier Sunday 16 Mar 2025
The Book _ 2013 film starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson (5)
Robber The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 10 Mar 2025
Pickpocket Mirror Classic 01 Mar 2025
The fellow I caught entering; the burglar
Poacher - in Barmouth i.e. fishing! (5)
If the change is in the burglar (5)
One who takes time replacing constant aspect of leader The Times Cryptic 22 Feb 2025
Porch pirate, e.g. LA Times Daily 08 Feb 2025
One using a bit of stealth - i.e. felony? (5)
Grace Kelly film, To Catch A ...
"To Catch a __"
Shoplifter(5)
Fraudster skirts around truth that is established fact
Criminal from India grabbed by the foot
Unusually fit, he's a criminal (5) Puzzler Cryptic 11 Jan 2025
Fence supplier Wall Street Journal 26 Dec 2024
Robber The Telegraph Quick 24 Dec 2024
One who steals things (5)
Crook LA Times Daily 10 Dec 2024
1981 crime film, also known as Violent Streets, starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld Mirror Quiz 08 Dec 2024
If the order is not the usual he'll help himself
What this person does is appropriate (5)
A pickpocket, for example (5)
To Catch a ___, 1955 Hitchcock film (5) Puzzler 12 Nov 2024
A criminal is one with taking ways (5)
If the layout's right, it gets the robber (5)
The Book ___, 2013 film (5)
One who steals Puzzler Backwords 29 Oct 2024
He uses a bit of stealth ___ i.e. felony (5)
He uses a bit of stealth - i.e. felony (5)
Unusually fit, he's a criminal (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Oct 2024
1981 crime film, also known as Violent Streets, starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld Mirror Quiz 21 Oct 2024
One breaking the seventh commandment
Oliver Twist occupation Newsday 17 Oct 2024
Catwoman or Carmen Sandiego
"To Catch a -"
WWII drama based on a Markus Zusak novel, The Book - (5)
One who steals Mirror Classic 01 Oct 2024
Robber The Telegraph Quick 26 Sep 2024
Man of steal LA Times Daily 22 Sep 2024
One tea leaf is simply no good
Who could be undone by introduction of his E-fit? The Times Cryptic 12 Sep 2024
If the layout's right, it's a steal, man (5)
E-fit organised to catch hard criminal The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Sep 2024
What one does is appropriate (5)
One enters the force to get criminal The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jul 2024
Robber, burglar
Leader loses head with initial tax. It's criminal (5)
Larcenist stopped if the right moves are made (5)
Burglar, pickpocket (5)
Robber Mirror Tea Time 14 Jun 2024
Robber The Telegraph Quick 12 Jun 2024
Pickpocket, e.g. USA Today 06 Jun 2024
One taking things badly? LA Times Daily 02 Jun 2024
One who takes after beggarman
1981 heist film directed by Michael Mann and starring James Caan (5)
Purloiner (5)
One who steals Mirror Classic 25 Apr 2024
Robber, pilferer (5)
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich man, Poor Man, Beggarman, ..."
"It Takes a ___"
Robber I trapped by the first felon (5)
One can be accused of taking offence
Crook poles pulled out of tangled fish-net (5)
"Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ___" (2010 movie)
'Tea-leaf' (5)
Tea leaf in rhyming slang (5)
One who steals Mirror Classic 08 Mar 2024
Robber who could be fit, eh? (5)
He's taken to be a criminal
Fit he may be - in a pinch
To Catch a ___, film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (5) Puzzler 09 Feb 2024
Keith, (i.e. Fagin), was a bit light fingered (5)
"The ___," 1952 film starring Ray Milland which earned him a second Golden Globe nomination
One whose taking ways are not appreciated (5)
Robber The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2024
"To Catch a ___" (1955 film with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly) (5)
One in the force is a rustler (5)
PlusWord No 575
One who's always taking things the wrong way (5)
One who steals Mirror Classic 11 Dec 2023
Criminal article about current female
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ___
He takes things badly (5)
Robber The Telegraph Quick 29 Oct 2023
Plagiarist's article receiving one fine The Guardian Cryptic 14 Sep 2023
"The Book __": Markus Zusak novel LA Times Daily 06 Sep 2023
Cockney tea leaf? The Guardian Quick 14 Aug 2023
Boatman taken by the force as a criminal The Guardian Cryptic 20 Jul 2023
Many an "Ocean's Eleven" character LA Times Daily 04 Jul 2023
Tea leaf from tea in Paris to impress one female The Times Cryptic 31 May 2023
Note taker? New York Times 15 Apr 2023
Robber The Guardian Speedy 09 Apr 2023
Pilferer Eugene Sheffer 19 Dec 2022
Pickpocket maybe one the force imprisons The Times Cryptic 16 Sep 2022
Crook LA Times Daily 11 Sep 2022
Burglar Thomas Joseph 31 Aug 2022
One stealing article I put inside, fearful initially The Times Cryptic 15 Aug 2022
One's in the force? You'd hope not! The Times Cryptic 30 Jun 2022
Porch pirate, e.g USA Today 23 Jun 2022
Pickpocket
Steal worker? The Washington Post Sunday 15 May 2022
Raffles maybe run once in newspaper, going back The Times Cryptic 06 May 2022
He takes time to replace front of arch
Person with 'sticky fingers' USA Today 01 May 2022
Robber Newsday 18 Apr 2022
Person who takes things the wrong way Wall Street Journal 28 Mar 2022
Larcenous one Newsday 27 Feb 2022
Article written about one following crook
One who would take something without asking
Burglar
“Procrastination is the ____ of time” (Edward Young) The Times Specialist Sunday 18 Jul 2021
Burglar Universal 30 Jun 2021
Pickpocket or porch pirate Universal 24 Apr 2021
Robber, one arrested by the force
Heist figure LA Times Daily 28 Feb 2021
Heist figure The Washington Post 28 Feb 2021
One arrested by the force?
Robber Eugene Sheffer 23 Jan 2021
Criminal institute mentioned in article on French capital Irish Times Crosaire 21 Jan 2021
Robber Irish Times Simplex 30 Dec 2020
Initially town house inexpensive, essentially for a nicker? The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Dec 2020
Pilferer Eugene Sheffer 02 Oct 2020
One takes time; he receives one fine The Telegraph Toughie 11 Sep 2020
Criminal one captured by the force
Pilferer or pickpocket, for instance The Guardian Speedy 02 Aug 2020
One in a metaphorical web Newsday 01 Aug 2020
Sticky-fingered one Universal 23 Jul 2020
Husband wearing cravat. Loud. Criminal, actually The Telegraph Toughie 08 Jul 2020
Article I digested on female – one with taking ways?
One steals Irish Times Simplex 05 May 2020
Crime film character Newsday 26 Apr 2020
Article about one following crook
Crook The Washington Post 19 Mar 2020
Crook LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2020
Porch pirate, for one LA Times Daily 20 Jan 2020
Porch pirate, for one The Washington Post 20 Jan 2020
Criminal: one infiltrating the force?
Fence supplier LA Times Daily 19 Dec 2019
Fence supplier The Washington Post 19 Dec 2019
Someone who steals
Looter one the force imprisons The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2019
One who steals The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2019
Credit card swiper? The Washington Post Sunday 08 Dec 2019
Inventory taker? Wall Street Journal 05 Dec 2019
  Person taking temperature before head cold cleared
One stealing undergarments finally abandons strange fetish
Sticky-fingered sort USA Today 11 Jul 2019
One to be taken by the force?
Crook to hurry, absorbed by paperback?
Shoplifter, e.g Thomas Joseph 17 May 2019
The force captures one crook The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2019
Sticky-fingered sort
Doberman pincher? LA Times Daily 13 Oct 2018
Doberman pincher? The Washington Post 13 Oct 2018
One who steals The Telegraph Quick 10 Sep 2018
Burglar, for e.g.
Burglar
Robber The Telegraph Quick 08 Jul 2018
Pickpocket, e.g USA Today 16 May 2018
Pickpocket The Telegraph Quick 01 May 2018
One in possession of article with force after them? The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Apr 2018
Larcenist The Guardian Speedy 18 Mar 2018
Pickpocket following one in the van
Person with sticky fingers Wall Street Journal 22 Jan 2018
Pickpocket, e.g.
Doberman pincher?
What he does is appropriate
Burglar
Acting heads of iffy hedge funds earn trillion nicker
Dickens's Fagin, e.g New York Times 14 Sep 2017
Fellow's after article, one appropriated by him?
One apprehended by the force? The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jul 2017
Go in to forage initially; that's me!
Robber or shoplifter Universal 12 May 2017
Article contains information by which force gets criminal
Petty criminal Universal 03 Apr 2017
Pilferer Premier Sunday 26 Mar 2017
One apprehended by the force? The Telegraph Toughie 02 Mar 2017
He gets time, if he's crooked
Robber New York Times 13 Feb 2017
Cooler tenant LA Times Daily 11 Feb 2017
Copper? LA Times Daily 13 Jan 2017
Burglar LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2017
Robber or shoplifter
Dickens's Fagin, e.g.
Burglar
Robber
Copper?
Petty criminal
Criminal who takes things unlawfully from another The Telegraph General Knowledge 18 Dec 2016
Criminal institute in the French capital Irish Times Crosaire 10 Dec 2016
Criminal connection trapped hard fellow
Criminal husband shown in dodgy E-FIT
Robin Hood, notably New York Times 26 Oct 2016
Criminal The Telegraph Quick 30 Sep 2016
One who takes things the wrong way Newsday 08 Sep 2016
Robber Newsday 30 Aug 2016
Pilferer The Guardian Speedy 10 Jul 2016
Pickpocket, for one Family Time 09 May 2016
Swindler, e.g Newsday 05 May 2016
Larcenist Premier Sunday 01 May 2016
Fagin trainee Newsday 10 Apr 2016
What he does is appropriate
Booster The Washington Post 19 Mar 2016
Type who takes things wrongly? The Washington Post 11 Mar 2016
Burglar USA Today 24 Jan 2016
Burglar
Robin Hood, notably
Pickup artist? LA Times Daily 06 Aug 2015
One who takes it the wrong way? USA Today 17 Jul 2015
Head of Intelligence taken in by the female burglar The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jun 2015
One available for the taking? USA Today 25 Jun 2015
Taking one's time, no longer rush forward at first The Times Cryptic 05 Jun 2015
Larcenist The Guardian Quick 16 May 2015
Plagiarist is model husband? That is fine!
A person who steals Family Time 27 Apr 2015
For example, dip one in the fire, primarily
Unlawful taker The Times Concise 20 Feb 2015
Burglar Premier Sunday 15 Feb 2015
Burglar
One who takes it the wrong way?
Cat burglar
Crook
One available for the taking?
Pickup artist?
Felon primarily after article, one getting nicked?
Burglar
"Oliver Twist" occupation
Fence's supplier
He takes potential hit, left uncovered
Kleptomaniac
Robber
Robber
Shoplifter or safecracker
Five-finger discount taker
Felonious Our Lady Peace song
Artful Dodger, for one
One taking things wrong?
Den denizen?
Jean Valjean, e.g.
One taking things wrong?
Pickpocket, for one
Person who uses the "five-finger discount"
Pickpocket, e.g.
Our Lady Peace song that steals?
Robin Hood or Jesse James
Robert Wagner played one
One committing 25-Down
Fence supplier
Robber
Light-fingered one
65-Across puller
Robber
One who takes things wrongly?
One who steals
65-Across puller
One in need of a fence, perhaps
One taking things badly?
Man of steal?
One in need of a fence, perhaps
Fence user
One taking things badly?
Fagin, notably
Fence user, perhaps
Pickpocket, e.g.
Rustler
Cat burglar, e.g.
Rustler
Pickpocket, e.g.
Larcenous one
Fence user, perhaps
"To Catch a __" (Hitchcock film)
Fence supplier
One taking inventory?
Recipient of a stop order?
Highwayman
Recipient of a stop order?
Fence supplier
Kleptomaniac
Pickpocket
Crook
He takes things the wrong way
Larcenist
Fence's supplier
Person with sticky fingers
Fence's supplier
Fagin, for one
Pickpocket
Bandit
Crook
Pickpocket
Pickpocket
Pickpocket, for one
The Artful Dodger, e.g.
Shoplifter
Pickpocket
"Yolanda and the __" (Astaire film)
1981 James Caan film
One ordered to stop?
Swindler
Burglar
Burglar
Fagin, for one
Pick-up artist?
Robert Wagner played one
Felon
Copper?
Larcener
Someone who takes things the wrong way
One available for the taking?
Chop shop supplier
Fagin , for one
Man of steal
Second-story man
"Stop ___!"
Recipient of a stop order?
One available for the taking?
Pickpocket
Moll Flanders, e.g.
Pilferer
Moll Flanders, e.g.
Light-fingered one
One with sticky fingers
"Stop, ____!"
Cat burglar
Larcenist
He has taking ways
He has sticky fingers
Purse snatcher
Ganef
One of a fabled 40
Second-story man
Robin Hood, e.g.
Peculator
Baghdad notable
Shoplifter
Picklock.
Pickpocket.
Taffy, for one.
Robber.
Light-fingered one.
Ray Milland's role.
The Knave of Hearts, for one.
Artful Dodger, for one.
Larcenist.
One who might take the cake
One who takes things the wrong way?
Footpad.
Shoplifter.
Larcenous one.
Taffy was one.
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