thieves 1 of 2

noun

plural of thief
as in robbers
one who steals a thief has been stealing wallets and valuables from the lockers at the gym

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thieves

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verb

present tense third-person singular of thieve
as in steals
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep someone's been thieving my cookies!

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Recent Examples of thieves
Noun
French President Emmanuel Macron gave a warning this week that thieves would be apprehended. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Today, thieves barely need to leave the comfort of their own couch. — Mike McRae 20, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026 Elliot Charles' work van was filled with tools before thieves took everything. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Proposition 36, approved by voters, increased criminal penalties for repeat thieves and drug users. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 Europol has warned of an increase in museum robberies, with gold objects proving particularly attractive to thieves. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Notifications are either helpful nudges or time-consuming attention thieves, depending on your worldview. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026 Just hours after the Louvre heist last October –– which saw thieves strike during broad daylight and make off with Napoleonic-era treasures –– another French museum was similarly targeted. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 The thieves used an electric saw to cut through a fence, entered the museum through the ground floor and cut clips securing the frames of four paintings. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thieves
  1. robbers
  2. steals
  3. burglars
  4. swipes
Noun
  • Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbers
Verb
  • Professor Frink reanimates his formerly deceased father after winning the Nobel Prize, but the elder Frink, not content with his current body, steals parts and organs from other humans.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The central spiral staircase in the common area, with its ultra-plush carpeting, steals the show.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of steals
Noun
  • Early on Wednesday morning, burglars also struck at least four businesses on 95th Street in the Beverly, Washington Heights, and Roseland communities.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This time, burglars stole gold and silver coins worth more than $100,000.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of burglars
Verb
  • Gaga then swipes concealer under her eyes, on the center of her forehead and around her mouth.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When someone swipes a card, the device can capture account information and the PIN used during the transaction.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of swipes

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“Thieves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thieves. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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