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Sneak thief   /snik θif/   Listen
Sneak thief

noun
1.
A thief who steals without using violence.  Synonyms: pilferer, snitcher.






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"Sneak thief" Quotes from Famous Books



... man, who on the river corresponds to the sneak thief ashore, is caught red-handed stealing rope or metal or ships' oddments there is resistance. But always the police win. They know the game. A hand-to-hand struggle in a swaying boat, even a fall overboard with a desperate prisoner, does not concern ...
— Scotland Yard - The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police • George Dilnot

... head, will stay by the camels, hours at a time, the pious church man feels at home among the sacred cattle, the strong-arm holdup man will linger by the grizzly bear, the prize-fighter will haunt the lions' den, the garroter will gaze lovingly at the tigers, the sneak thief seems to love the hyenas, and the big game hunters watch the deer and elk. Some of us who have brains love the monkeys, ...
— Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus • George W. Peck

... to the jury!" sneered Guffey. "Why, they've even been to that Shoemaker Smithers, and they'll put his wife on the stand to prove you a sneak thief, and tell how she kicked you out. And all because you couldn't hold your mouth as ...
— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair



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