thief

thief
noun
, pl. thieves Dieb, der/Diebin, die
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[Ɵi:v]
plural - thieves; noun
(a person who steals: The thief got away with all my money.) der/die Dieb(in)
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thief
<pl thieves>
[θi:f]
n Dieb(in) m(f)
den of thieves Mördergrube f, Räuberhöhle f; (disreputable place) Spelunke f
[there is] honour [or AM honor] among thieves (saying) jeder hat seine eigene Moral
like a \thief in the night wie ein Dieb in der Nacht
procrastination is the \thief of time esp BRIT (saying) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen prov
to set a \thief to catch a \thief (saying) einen vom Fach benutzen
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[ɵiːf]
n pl thieves
[ɵiːvz] Dieb(in) m(f)

to set a thief to catch a thief (prov) — einen vom Fach benutzen

to be as thick as thieves (Brit) — dicke Freunde sein (inf)

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thief [θiːf] pl thieves [θiːvz] s Dieb(in):
like (oder as) a thief in the night wie ein Dieb in der Nacht;
stop, thief! haltet den Dieb!;
set (oder it takes) a thief to catch a thief wenn man einen Schlauen fangen will, darf man keinen Dummen schicken;
thieves’ cant (oder Latin) Gauner-, Ganovensprache f; thick A 16
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noun
, pl. thieves Dieb, der/Diebin, die
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n.
(§ pl.: thieves)
= Dieb -e m.

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