different between alleged vs thief
alleged
English
Pronunciation
- (verb form): IPA(key): /??l?d?d/
- (adjective): IPA(key): /??l?d?d/, /??l?d??d/ (latter chiefly North American)
- Hyphenation: al?leged
Verb
alleged
- simple past tense and past participle of allege
Adjective
alleged (not comparable)
- Asserted but not proved.
- Supposed but doubtful.
Translations
Anagrams
- alledge
alleged From the web:
- what allegedly mean
- what does allegedly mean
- definition allegedly
thief
English
Alternative forms
- theef
Etymology
From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þ?of, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /e?o/ became [i?] rather than [e?]. (Compare the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: th?f, IPA(key): /?i?f/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?if/
- Rhymes: -i?f
Noun
thief (plural thieves)
- One who carries out a theft.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thief
- One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
- (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
- 1640, Joseph Hall, Divine Light
- But hear you , my Worthy Brethren : do not you , where you see a thief in the candle , call presently for an extinguisher
- 1640, Joseph Hall, Divine Light
Hypernyms
- (one who carries out a theft): See Thesaurus:criminal
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- thieve
Translations
Anagrams
- feith, theif
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- what theft is a felony
- what theft means
- what the fries
- what the fin
- what the fish
- what the fit
- what theft amount is a felony
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