Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 7 compound words that contain thieves. The most common are listed below. Open thieves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- thick as thievesIntimate, close-knit, tight.
- honor among thievesTrustworthiness within a group that is not considered trustworthy by outsiders.
- honour among thievesAlternative form of honor among thieves: Trustworthiness within a group that is not considered trustworthy by outsiders.
- Forty ThievesA solitaire card game, similar to Klondike, but starting with ten columns of four visible cards on the tableau.
- horse thievesplural of horse thief: Someone who steals horses.
- joke thievesplural of joke thief: A comic who steals another comedian's material.
- thieves' LatinThe slang used by thieves among themselves.
- thieves in lawplural of thief in law: A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.
- thieves in the nightplural of thief in the night: Something stealthy or that occurs without warning.
- oxygen thievesplural of oxygen thief: A useless person.
- palm thievesplural of palm thief: A coconut crab.
- panel thievesplural of panel thief: A thief who operates in a panel house.
- sneak thievesplural of sneak thief: A thief who steals without being noticed and without using violence.
- thieves outthird-person singular simple present indicative of thieve out: to walk out of a place stealthily
- time thievesplural of time thief: Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
- wage thievesplural of wage thief: One who commits wage theft.
- water-thievesplural of water-thief: A thief or robber on the water, hence, a pirate.
- wine thievesplural of wine thief: A pipette used to remove small amounts of wine from a cask in order to taste or test it
- joule thievesplural of joule thief: A small, low-cost self-oscillating voltage booster, typically used for driving small loads.
- there is no honor among thievesMost thieves lack a sense of honor and are not to be trusted.
- there is no honour among thievesAlternative spelling of there is no honor among thieves: Most thieves lack a sense of honor and are not to be trusted.
- thieves' kitchenA district or a hideout where thieves congregate.
- thieves' vinegarAlternative form of four thieves' vinegar: Vinegar mixed with camphor and essential oils, formerly used as medicine.
- vinegar of the four thievesSynonym of four thieves' vinegar: Vinegar mixed with camphor and essential oils, formerly used as medicine.
- four thieves' vinegarVinegar mixed with camphor and essential oils, formerly used as medicine.
Compound words 7
- UnithievesThe UniTeam alliance during the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
- cyberthievesplural of cyberthief: One who carries out cybertheft.
- horsethievesplural of horsethief: Someone who steals horses.
- sneakthievesplural of sneakthief: A thief who steals without being noticed and without using violence.
- spellthievesplural of spellthief: In roleplaying games, a character class with inherent magical ability, allowing them to imitate spells cast by others.
- thievessesplural of thievess: A female thief.
- waterthievesplural of waterthief: Alternative form of water-thief (“a type of valve”).