'thief' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'thief' with 20 example sentences.
- thief noun
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: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
That thief stole a phone on the bus.
The thieves knew what they were doing.
The thief escaped through the window.
It's hard to steal from a thief.
They're thieves and murderers.
The thieves were sentenced to 5 years in prison.
The thief ran away when he saw a policeman.
In the village there are no thieves.
No one is calling you a thief.
The tooth fairy is a tooth thief.
The thieves stole the painting from the museum while the guard slept.
Here are the thieves who stole the wallet of that old woman.
A thief broke into the house while we were away.
A thief knows a thief, and a wolf knows a wolf.
The thief disguised himself as a policeman.
The thief got away with the money.
The thief admitted his guilt.
She is too rich to become a thief.
The policemen searched one house after another in looking for the thief.
An important function of policemen is to catch thieves.