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Stay in the heart of Oslo – Excellent location – show map Featuring rooms with a in-built sound system and private balcony, The Thief is a design boutique hotel on Tjuvholmen in Oslo. The promenade of Aker Brygge is within 5 minutes’ walk. The hotel offers in-room spa treatments, a spa center and free around-the-clock gym access. Thief edit edit source To accomplish one's goals, for good or ill, the Thief is a skilled pilferer. Cunning, nimbleness, and stealth are a thief's hallmarks. Whether a thief turns talent against innocent passersby and wealthy merchants or oppressors and monsters is a choice for the Thief to make.
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thieve
(thēv)tr. & intr.v.thieved, thiev·ing, thieves
[Perhaps from Old English thēofian, from thēof, thief.]
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thieve
(θiːv)vb
[Old English thēofian, from thēof thief]
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thieve
(θiv)v.t., v.i. thieved, thiev•ing.
[before 950; Old English thēofian, derivative of theōfthief (not recorded in Middle English)]
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thieve
Past participle: thieved
Gerund: thieving
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| we thieve |
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| I thieved |
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| we thieved |
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| I am thieving |
| you are thieving |
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| we are thieving |
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| I have thieved |
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| I was thieving |
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| he/she/it had thieved |
| we had thieved |
| you had thieved |
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| I will thieve |
| you will thieve |
| he/she/it will thieve |
| we will thieve |
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| I will have thieved |
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| I will be thieving |
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| I have been thieving |
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| he/she/it will have been thieving |
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| you had been thieving |
| he/she/it had been thieving |
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| I would thieve |
| you would thieve |
| he/she/it would thieve |
| we would thieve |
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| I would have thieved |
| you would have thieved |
| he/she/it would have thieved |
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| Verb | 1. | thieve - take by theft; 'Someone snitched my wallet!' cop, glom, snitch, knock off, hook steal - take without the owner's consent; 'Someone stole my wallet on the train'; 'This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation' |
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thieve
verbsteal, nick(slang, chiefly Brit.), rob, pinch(informal), poach, plunder, half-inch(old-fashioned slang), embezzle, blag(slang), pilfer, snitch(slang), purloin, filch, have sticky fingers(informal), peculateThese people can't help thieving.steal
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thieve
verbTo take (another's property) without permission:Informal: lift, swipe.
Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.
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stela
thieve
[θiːv]VT, VI → robar, hurtarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
thieve
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
thief
(θiːv) – plural thieves (θiːvs) – noun a person who steals. The thief got away with all my money. dief لِص крадец ladrão zloděj, -ka der/die Dieb(in) tyv κλέφτηςladrón varas دزد varas voleur/-euse גנב चोर lopov, kradljivac tolvaj pencuri þjófur ladro どろ棒 도둑 vagis zaglis pencuri dieftyvzłodziejladrão hoţ вор zlodej, -ka tat lopov tjuv ขโมย hırsız 小偷 злодій چور kẻ trộm, kẻ cắp 小偷
thieve (θiːf) verb to steal. He is always thieving my pencils. steel يَسْرُق крада roubar krást stehlen stjæle κλέβωrobar varastama دزدیدن varastaa voler לִגנוֹב चुराना krasti (el)lop mencuri stela rubare 盗む 훔치다 vogti zagt mencuri stelenstjele, knabbe, rappekraśćroubar a fura красть kradnúť krasti ukrasti stjäla ขโมย çalmak 偷竊 красти چوري کرنا ăn trộm, ăn cắp 偷窃
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(as) thick as thieves
Having a close, intimate friendship or alliance. Anna and Beth are together all the time these days—they're as thick as thieves.The guys who work in the warehouse are thick as thieves. They don't really socialize with anyone else in the company.
be (as) thick as thieves
To be very close friends. Anna and Beth are together all the time these days—they're as thick as thieves.
it takes a thief to catch a thief
One who is skilled at evading the law is well-trained to find or catch someone who behaves similarly. He's a bank robber, he can definitely help us catch these crooks—it takes a thief to catch a thief, you know.
like a thief in the night
In a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
proverb Those who commit small crimes will face the full consequences of the law, but those who commit crimes on a huge scale will go unpunished. So some guy who holds up a liquor store with a gun because his family can't afford food gets 30 years in prison, but a wealthy CEO who robs millions of people of their pensions gets a few months of community service? I tell you, little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
opportunity makes a thief
proverb Even those who are morally upright would steal if they were able to do it without getting caught. A: 'I figured out a way to collect social welfare while still working.' B: 'I never thought someone like you would try to rip off the system like that. Opportunity makes a thief, I guess.'
procrastination is the thief of time
proverb It is easy to waste, lose track of, and subsequently run out of time by putting off what one ought to be doing. I know you think two weeks is plenty of time to finish your essay, but you're better off getting to work on it now—procrastination is the thief of time, after all.A: 'I'll start studying after I beat one more level in my video game.' B: 'Don't leave it too late—procrastination is the thief of time!'
set a thief to catch a thief
To employ a criminal or thief in order to understand, anticipate, and ultimately apprehend another criminal or thief. Honestly, who better to lead an investigation into tax fraud than someone who was convicted of just that? Set a thief to catch a thief, I say.We've actually begun employing prominent members of the hacking community to improve our cyber security, setting thieves to catch thieves, as it were.
there is honor among thieves
proverb Even criminals adhere to a code of conduct or certain principles, especially not to inform against one another. Often used in the negative. In the collective of pickpockets, no one dared steal from another. There is some honor among thieves.Given the chance, most criminals facing extensive jail time are more than willing to give up their associates for a more lenient sentence, disposing of the ridiculous notion that there is honor among thieves.
thief in the night
A person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.
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Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
Prov. Truly expert criminals are never caught. Everyone's making such a fuss because they convicted that bank robber, but he must not have been a very dangerous criminal. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
Opportunity makes a thief.
Prov. Anyone would steal, given a chance to do so without being punished. Mr. Cooper thought of himself as a moral man. But opportunity makes a thief, and with the safe unguarded he had the opportunity to steal thousands of dollars undetected.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Prov. If you put off doing what you ought to do, you will end up not having enough time to do it properly. Jim: Have you started looking for a job yet? Jane: Oh, that can wait till tomorrow. Jim: Procrastination is the thief of time.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Prov. The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think. The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud.
There is honor among thieves.
Prov. Criminals do not commit crimes against each other. The gangster was loyal to his associates and did not tell their names to the police, demonstrating that there is honor among thieves.
*thick as thieves
Cliché very close-knit; friendly; allied. (Thick = close and loyal. *Also: as ~.) Mary, Tom, and Sally are as thick as thieves. They go everywhere together. Those two families are thick as thieves.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
it takes one to know one
The person who expressed criticism has similar faults to the person being criticized. This classic retort to an insult dates from the early 1900s. For example, You say she's a terrible cook? It takes one to know one! For a synonym, see pot calling the kettle black. A near equivalent is the proverbial it takes a thief to catch a thief, meaning 'no one is better at finding a wrongdoer than another wrongdoer.' First recorded in 1665, it remains current.
thick as thieves
Intimate, closely allied, as in The sisters-in-law are thick as thieves. This term uses thick in the sense of 'intimate,' a usage that is obsolete except in this simile. [Early 1800s]
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thick as thieves
If two or more people are as thick as thieves, they are very friendly with each other. Jones and Cook had met at the age of ten and were as thick as thieves.Grant went to school with Maloney, the other lawyer in town. They're thick as thieves.
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thick as thieves
(of two or more people) very close or friendly; sharing secrets. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
(there is) honour among ˈthieves
(saying) used to say that even criminals have standards of behaviour that they respectit ˌtakes one to ˈknow one
(informal, disapproving) you are the same kind of person as the person you are criticizing: ‘Your brother is a real idiot.’ ‘Well, it takes one to know one.’See also: know, one, take
(as) thick as ˈthieves (with somebody)
(informal) (of two or more people) very friendly with each other, especially in a way that makes other people suspicious: Those two are as thick as thieves — they go everywhere together. OPPOSITE: be at daggers drawnlike a ˌthief in the ˈnight
secretly or unexpectedly: In the end I left like a thief in the night, without telling anybody or saying goodbye.See also: like, night, thief
den of thieves, a
A group of individuals or a place strongly suspected of underhanded dealings. This term appears in the Bible (Matthew 21:13) when Jesus, driving the moneychangers from the Temple, said, “My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Daniel Defoe used the term in Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, and by the late eighteenth century it was well known enough to be listed with other collective terms such as “House of Commons” in William Cobbett’s English Grammar in a discussion of syntax relating to pronouns.
it takes one to know one
The critic is as bad as the person being criticized. This expression, a modern version of the proverbial “set a thief to catch a thief,” and “a thief knows a thief as well as a wolf knows a wolf,” dates from the early twentieth century.
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thick as thieves
On intimate terms; very good friends. The use of thick for “intimate” survives mainly in this cliché, which no doubt owes its popularity to alliteration. It was already proverbial, according to Theodore E. Hook, in 1833 (The Parson’s Daughter): “She and my wife are as thick as thieves, as the proverb goes.”
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