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Definition of Sneak thief
1. Noun. A thief who steals without using violence.
Generic synonyms: Stealer, Thief
Specialized synonyms: Wharf Rat
Derivative terms: Pilfer, Snitch
Definition of Sneak thief
1. Noun. a thief who steals without being noticed and without using violence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneak Thief
Literary usage of Sneak thief
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Useless Locks and Bolts — The Sneak-Thief and His Methods — Masks on Their Faces
and Murder in ... The average sneak thief laughs at the flimsy barriers, ..."
2. The Cost of Something for Nothing by John Peter Altgeld (1904)
"THE SWINDLER AND THE SNEAK-THIEF The swindler who preys on the simple and ...
The sneak-thief may be successful in his early career, and for a time gather ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"As a thief he could be classed only as a sneak- thief, and he was the poorest
sneak-thief that ever stole a spoon. He could not sneak, although he tried ..."
4. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, with Historical Surveys by Charles F Horne (1917)
"But the sneak-thief imagines that God's eye is not upon him. ... The sneak-thief
fears their eyes, yet he does not honor the eye of the king, the eye of God ..."
5. In it by Hiram C. Whitley (1894)
"A MODEL sneak thief. One of the boldest and most successful robberies that has
ever been perpetrated in this country took place in General Spinner's cash ..."
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