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thief /ˈhot͡s/
noun#2998 most common
Also: robber, burglar
Example sentences
Hoțul a fugit.
The thief ran away.
Poliția a prins un hoț.
The police caught a thief.
Casa a fost jefuită de un hoț noaptea trecută.
The house was robbed by a thief last night.
Hoții au intrat prin fereastră și au furat bijuteriile.
The thieves came in through the window and stole the jewelry.
Deși părea un om cinstit, s-a dovedit a fi un hoț notoriu.
Although he seemed an honest man, he turned out to be a notorious thief.
Legea nescrisă a breslei îi obliga pe hoți să nu se trădeze niciodată între ei.
The unwritten law of the guild required thieves never to betray one another.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hoț | hoți |
| Genitive | hoțului | hoților |
| Accusative | hoț | hoți |
| Vocative | hoțule | hoților |
Word family
hoțietheft, robbery
hoțescthievish, of thieves
hoțeștein a thieving way
hoțoaicăfemale thief (informal)
Etymology
The origin of "hoț" is not settled among Romanian etymologists. Older dictionaries point to a Slavic source, but the derivation is not certain enough to state as fact. The word has been part of the everyday vocabulary for criminality in Romanian for centuries.
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