One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.

One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30:5.

One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10:7.

One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matthew 21:13.

An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.