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A pirate.
A thief on the water; a pirate.
A pirate.
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a.
Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.
n.
A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
n.
A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
a. & adv.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
n.
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
a.
Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
n.
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
v. t.
An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
n.
Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
n.
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
n.
A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors.
n.
A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
pl.
of Thief
n.
One who steals; a thief.
n.
A waster; a thief.
n.
The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
v. i.
To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
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