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ドロボウ
Meanings
Noun
1. thief; burglar; robber
If you do that, you'll become a thief.
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
2. theft; burglary; robbery
I hear that guy stole something.
Alt. forms
泥どろ棒ぼう
89%
どろぼう
3%
ドロボウ
2%
ドロボー
2%
泥どろ坊ぼう
Pitch accent
ド
ロボウ
Conjugations...Used in: 75
Composed of
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
26 more...
Examples (66 in total)
He is a thief.
The thief ran away.
He is alleged to have been a thief.
Stop that thief!
That's why no thieves come.
We ran after the thief.
The police caught the thief.
I'm glad the thief was caught.
He is no better than a thief.
A thief crept in through the window.
Are you calling me a thief?
The police found out the thief.
The thief was caught in the act.
I'm not a thief.
The thief got in without being noticed.
Don't you ever steal again.
The thieves ran away after it got dark.
He denied that he was the thief.
The thief admitted his crime.
It looks like the thief came in through the window.
I caught the thief and turned the culprit over to the police.
We captured the thief.
The thief broke the window.
This area used to be a haunt of thieves.
He chased the thief.
A thief stole my entire paycheck.
The policeman arrested the thief.
The thief disguised himself as an old lady.
The thief is certain to be caught eventually.
They tied the thief to the tree.
Tom isn't a thief.
A burglar broke in while he was asleep.
If you do that, you'll become a thief.
The thief got away with the money.
The burglar gained access to the house through a window.
Did you hear that a burglar broke into the neighbor's house?
It was proved that he was a thief.
The burglar got into the house disguised as a police officer.
The burglar came into the house through this door.
The burglar is used to staying up late.
A burglar broke into my house while I was away on a trip.
The thief broke into the house while we were away.
The convenience store employee chased the thief and was stabbed to death.
It seems he didn't commit any theft after all.
The thief ran away at the sight of a detective.
I got on a bicycle and chased after the thief.
The robber stood surrounded by ten policemen.
My house was robbed while I was away.
He was coerced into helping the thieves.
The thief reluctantly admitted his guilt.
The police searched everywhere but couldn't find the thief.
A burglar broke into your house while you were away on vacation.
Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.
The thief outwitted the police and got away with his loot.
The dog is trained to watch for thieves.
While she was out, the thief got away with her jewels.
The thief entered the house through this door.
Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.
The thief disguised himself as a policeman.
He caught sight of a thief attempting to break into the house.
While we were out for a picnic, our house's lock was picked by a thief.
A thief broke in and made off with all my jewelry.
The thieves pulled open all the drawers of the desk in search of money.
So it seems a thief broke the lock on the storehouse and sneaked in.
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
If a burglar came into my room, I would throw something at him.