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Definition of thief

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Waster Wast"er, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.] 1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii. 9. Sconces are great wasters of candles. --Swift. 2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief. --Halliwell. 3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head. --Beau. & Fl. Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters. --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of thief from wikipedia

- someone who carries out an act of or makes a career of theft is known as a thief. the act of theft is known by terms such as stealing,
- thief is a series of stealth video games in which the player takes the role of garrett , a master thief in a fantasy /steampunk world
- the penitent thief, also known as the thief on the cross or the good thief, is an unnamed character mentioned in the gospel of luke who
- thief is a 1981 neo-noir film written and directed by michael mann and based on the 1975 novel the home invaders: confessions of a cat
- thief is an fx television mini-series which debuted on march 28, 2006 (see 2006 in television ). andre braugher stars as nick atwater,
- the thief or rogue is a character class in many role-playing game s, including dungeons & dragons , final fantasy , world of warcraft and
- the rogue or thief is one of the standard playable character class in most editions of the dungeons & dragons fantasy role-playing game
- thief is an upcoming video game developed by eidos montreal and published by square enix . it is a reboot of the thief series of
- criminal. file:pierre-paul prud'hon - justice and divine vengeance pursuing crime. jpg , justice and divine vengeance pursuing crime, 1808
- thief (1981) is a soundtrack album by the german band tangerine dream for the film thief , directed by michael mann it reached no.