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sneakthief

sneakthief is the alternative form 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

Forms of sneakthief

pluralsneakthieves

Questions about sneakthief

What is sneakthief the alternative form of?
Sneakthief is the alternative form of sneak thief.

Words near sneakthief in the dictionary

  1. sneaksbies
  2. sneaksby
  3. sneaksman
  4. sneaksmen
  5. sneaksome
  6. sneakthief
  7. sneakthieves
  8. sneaky
  9. sneaky beak
  10. sneaky beakies
  11. sneaky beaks

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