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thieves
Part of speech: NounOne who takes away the property of another privately without leave, or by violence; one who steals.
Usage examples "thieves":- Your office Is to provide the means, and see that thieves Do not lay hands upon them. - "The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- The Bhamtas are now expert railway thieves. - "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II", R. V. Russell.
- But, Hugh, they've got one of the thieves, all right. - "The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey", Donald Ferguson.