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sneak thieves

sneak thieves is the plural of sneak thief.

Meaning of sneak thief

Noun

sneak thief (plural sneak thieves)

  1. A thief who steals without being noticed and without using violence.
    • […] travelling gangs of Moorish artisans, heavy armed Templars on their way to the Sepulchre, wandering minstrels, sneakthieves, bawds, rowdy strings of knights and foot-soldiers setting out with wine-skins at their saddlebows to cross the passes towards the debatable lands of Extremadura, […]1922, John Dos Passos, “Antonio Machado: Poet of Castile”, in Rosinante to the Road Again, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC

Questions about sneak thieves

What is sneak thieves the plural of?
Sneak thieves is the plural of sneak thief.

Words near sneak thieves in the dictionary

  1. sneak peek
  2. sneak peeks
  3. sneak preview
  4. sneak previews
  5. sneak thief
  6. sneak thieves
  7. sneak up
  8. sneak-cup
  9. sneak-cups
  10. sneakage
  11. sneakbox

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