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a thief who steals goods that are in a store

an athlete who lifts barbells

a thief who steals goods that are in a store

an athlete who lifts barbells

One who or that which lifts; a thief.

One who or that which lifts or raises; used in a bad sense, as in shop-lifter, a thief; shop-lifting, removing goods clandestinely from a shop; to lift a debt, in Scot., to collect an account; dead lift, a heavy body lifted or raised at the utmost disadvantage.

n. One who or that which lifts or raises; a hoist;— a latch-key. [Scot.]