Term: thief: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Candidate hypernym: criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime → 1
Candidate hypernym: franchise: an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place → 0
Candidate hypernym: snake: something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake → 0
Candidate hypernym: grater: utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese) → 0
Candidate hypernym: dwarf buckeye: a spreading shrub with pink flowers; found in southeastern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: delicacy: refined taste; tact → 0
Candidate hypernym: histocompatibility: condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue → 0
Candidate hypernym: silver tree fern: a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides → 0
Candidate hypernym: french teacher: someone who teaches French → 0
Candidate hypernym: bill of health: a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) → 0
Candidate hypernym: snuff: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose → 0