SNEAK THIEF

Meaning of SNEAK THIEF in English

a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.

[ 1855-60, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SNEAK THIEF — noun Date: circa 1859 a thief who steals whatever is readily available without using violence or forcibly breaking into buildings
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNEAK THIEF — noun : a thief who steals whatever he can reach without using violence or forcibly breaking into buildings
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNEAK THIEF — housebreaker, robber, burglar
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNEAK THIEF — Date: circa 1859 : a thief who steals whatever is readily available without using violence or forcibly breaking into buildings
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNEAK THIEF — Function: noun Date: circa 1859 : a thief who steals whatever is readily available without using violence or forcibly breaking …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNEAK THIEF — [sneak thief] n (ca. 1859): a thief who steals whatever is readily available without using violence or forcibly breaking into …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNEAK THIEF — noun a person who steals things without using force or breaking doors or windows
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNEAK THIEF — мелкий вор
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SNEAK THIEF — мелкий вор
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SNEAK-THIEF — воришка
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
THIEF — furtard, furtor
English interlingue dictionary
THIEF — kawatan
English-Visayan vocabulary
THIEF — noun (plural thieves) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob ~ Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNEAK — I. ˈsnēk verb ( sneaked -kt ; or chiefly dialect snuck ˈsnək ; or dialect snook ˈsnu̇k ; sneaked or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIEF — ˈthēf noun ( plural thieves -ēvz) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIEF — /theef/ , n. , pl. thieves . a person who steals, esp. secretly or without open force; one guilty of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNEAK — /sneek/ , v. , sneaked or snuck, sneaking , n. v.i. 1. to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNEAK — I. ˈsnēk verb ( sneaked ˈsnēkt ; or snuck ˈsnək ; sneak·ing ) Etymology: akin to Old English snīcan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THIEF — noun ( plural thieves ˈthēvz) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob thief …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THIEF — noun a waster in the snuff of a candle. 2. thief ·noun one who steals; one who commits theft or …
Webster English vocab
SNEAK — noun a mean, sneaking fellow. 2. sneak ·vt to hide, ·esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. 3. sneak ·noun …
Webster English vocab
THIEF — [thief] n, pl thieves [ME theef, fr. OE theof; akin to OHG diob thief] (bef. 12c): one that steals esp. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNEAK — [sneak] vb sneaked or snuck ; sneak.ing [akin to OE snican to sneak along, ON snikja] vi (1596) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THIEF — thief BrE AmE θiːf ▷ thief's θiːfs ▷ thieves θiːvz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNEAK — sneak BrE AmE sniːk ▷ sneaked sniːkt ▷ sneaking ˈsniːk ɪŋ ▷ sneaks sniːks ▷ snuck snʌk ▶ ˌ sneak …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THIEF — / θiːf; NAmE / noun ( pl. thieves / θiːvz; NAmE /) a person who steals sth from another person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNEAK — / sniːk; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb HELP NOTE : The usual past form is sneaked …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIEF — thief /θiːf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural thieves /θiːvz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: theof ] someone who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNEAK — I. sneak 1 /sniːk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sneaked or snuck /snʌk/ American English ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNEAK — v., n., & adj. v. 1 intr. & tr. (foll. by in, out, past, away, etc.) go or convey furtively; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNEAK — v., n., & adj. --v. 1. intr. & tr. (foll. by in, out, past, away, etc.) go or convey furtively; …
Oxford English vocab
THIEF — ( thieves /θi:vz/ ) A thief is a person who steals something from another person. The thieves snatched the camera. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNEAK — ( sneaks, sneaking, sneaked) Note: The form 'snuck' is also used in American English for the past tense and past …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE petty ▪ Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNEAK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sneaking admiration (= that you secretly feel, but do not show ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THIEF — [noun] [C] [plural] thieves - a person who stealsShoplifters are thieves and will be prosecuted.A post office was broken into …
Cambridge English vocab
SNEAK — (MOVE SECRETLY) [verb] [usually + adverb or preposition] [past:] sneaked or [esp. US] snuck - to go somewhere or take …
Cambridge English vocab
THIEF — You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face; vulgar abuse.
Slang English vocab
SNEAK — Leave, get lost "If you're not a waiter, sneak" Type of burglary, as in as in "The hotel-sneak used to …
Slang English vocab
SNEAK — A pilferer. Morning sneak; one who pilfers early in the morning, before it is light. Evening sneak; an evening pilferer. …
Slang English vocab
THIEF — n. Function: noun one who steals FF1C; a thief took her money FF1E; Synonyms: filcher, larcener, larcenist, nimmer, pilferer, prig, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THIEF — noun one who steals a thief took her money Synonyms: filcher, larcener, larcenist, nimmer, pilferer, prig, purloiner, stealer; compare robber …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THIEF — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ would-be ▪ The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be ~. ▪ common , petty ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNEAK — I. verb Sneak is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ look , ↑ peek II. adj. Sneak is …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THIEF — n. 25B6; noun ROBBER, burglar, housebreaker, cat burglar, shoplifter, pickpocket, sneak thief, mugger; embezzler, swindler; criminal, villain; kleptomaniac; bandit, pirate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNEAK — n. 25B6; verb I sneaked out : CREEP, slink, steal, slip, slide, sidle, edge, move furtively, tiptoe, pussyfoot, pad, prowl. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THIEF — n. 1 robber, burglar, cat burglar, housebreaker, picklock, sneak-thief, safe-cracker, pilferer, shoplifter, purloiner; embezzler, peculator; pickpocket, cutpurse, purse-snatcher, mugger, highwayman, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THIEF — I сущ. вор, похититель common, petty, sneak thief ≈ воришка Syn : bandit, brigand, burglar, gangster, pirate, robber, pilferer II …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNEAK — 1. сущ.; разг. 1) а) подлец; подхалим, подлиза б) сл. доносчик, фискал, ябеда в) воришка 2) ускальзывание, увиливание 3) закрытый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THIEF — thief.ogg θi:f n ( pl thieves) 1. вор the penitant impenitant thief - раскаявшийся неисправимый /закоренелый/ вор art thief - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNEAK — sneak.ogg 1. sni:k n 1. трус, подлец 2. подхалим, подлиза, подлипала 3. вор, воришка 4. школ. жарг. ябеда, ябедник; фискал, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THIEF — пробоотборник ( нефти или донного осадка из резервуара ) - oil thief - rod thief - sample thief
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
THIEF — пробоотборник (нефти или донного осадка из резервуара) - oil thief - rod thief - sample thief
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
THIEF — I thief сущ.1) вор, похититель common, petty, sneak thief — воришка thieves' kitchen — сленг место обитания преступников, малина thieves' …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SNEAK — sneak сущ.; разг.1) а) подлец; подхалим, подлиза б) сленг доносчик, фискал, ябеда в) вор, воришка 2) ускальзывание, увиливание; незаметный уход …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
THIEF — n ( pl thieves) 1. вор the penitant impenitant thief - раскаявшийся неисправимый /закоренелый/ вор art thief - похититель произведений …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SNEAK — 1. sni:k n 1. трус, подлец 2. подхалим, подлиза, подлипала 3. вор, воришка 4. школ. жарг. ябеда, ябедник; фискал, доносчик …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THIEF — I θif сущ. 1) вор, похититель common, petty, sneak thief — воришка thieves' kitchen — сл. место обитания преступников, малина …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SNEAK — 1. сущ. ; разг. 1) а) подлец; подхалим, подлиза б) сл. доносчик, фискал, ябеда в) вор, воришка 2) ускальзывание, увиливание; …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THIEF — I [ЋЂ§] thief.wav сущ. 1) вор, похититель common, petty, sneak thief — воришка thieves' kitchen — сл. место обитания преступников, малина thieves' Latin — воровской …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SNEAK — 1. сущ.; разг. 1) а) подлец; подхалим, подлиза б) сл. доносчик, фискал, ябеда в) вор, воришка 2) ускальзывание, увиливание; незаметный уход 3) закрытый предварительный просмотр фильма …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SNEAK — 1. _n. 1> _собир. трус; подлец 2> _школ. _жарг. ябеда, фискал 3> _собир. воришка 4> _собир. незаметный уход 5> _собир. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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