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1 thieves
[Ɵi:vs]plural; = thief -
2 hijack
1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) ræna flugvél2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) ræna3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) ræna2. noun(the act of hijacking.) (flug)rán- hijacker -
3 appearance
1) (what can be seen (of a person, thing etc): From his appearance he seemed very wealthy.) útlit2) (the act of coming into view or coming into a place: The thieves ran off at the sudden appearance of two policemen.) birting, það að birtast3) (the act of coming before or presenting oneself/itself before the public or a judge etc: his first appearance on the stage.) framkoma (opinberlega) -
4 be on to (someone)
(to have discovered (a person's) trick, secret etc: The thieves realized that the police were on to them.) sjá í gegnum -
5 be on to (someone)
(to have discovered (a person's) trick, secret etc: The thieves realized that the police were on to them.) sjá í gegnum -
6 cant
[kænt]1) (insincere talk: politicians' cant.) hræsni2) (the special slang of a particular group of people: thieves' cant.) slangur -
7 ditch
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8 gang
[ɡæŋ]1) (a number (of workmen etc) working together: a gang of men working on the railway.) (vinnu)hópur/-flokkur2) (a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose: a gang of jewel thieves.) glæpaflokkur•- gangster- gang up on
- gang up with -
9 get away
1) (to (be able to) leave: I usually get away (from the office) at four-thirty.) komast í burtu, losna2) (to escape: The thieves got away in a stolen car.) flÿja, komast undan -
10 getaway
noun (an escape: The thieves made their getaway in a stolen car; ( also adjective) a getaway car.) undankoma; strok -
11 give chase
(to chase: The thieves ran off and the policeman gave chase.) elta, veita eftirför -
12 go off
1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) springa2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) hringja, fara af stað3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) fara, hverfa4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) verða leiður á, missa áhuga á5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) skemmast/úldna6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) bila, hætta að virka -
13 guise
(a disguised or false appearance: The thieves entered the house in the guise of workmen.) gervi -
14 haul
[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) draga, toga í2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) flytja2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) dráttur, tog2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) hal, tog•- haulage- haulier
- a long haul -
15 hotly
1) (eagerly; quickly: The thieves were hotly pursued by the police.) ákaflega2) (angrily; passionately: The accusations were hotly denied.) reiðilega, af ástríðu -
16 inform
[in'fo:m]1) (to tell; to give knowledge to: Please inform me of your intentions in this matter; I was informed that you were absent from the office.) láta vita, tilkynna2) ((with against or on) to tell facts to eg the police about (a criminal etc): He informed against his fellow thieves.) segja til, bera vitni gegn•- information
- informative
- informer
- information superhighway
- information technology -
17 jargon
(special words or phrases used within a group, trade or profession etc: legal jargon; medical jargon; Thieves use a special jargon in order to confuse passing hearers.) sérmál -
18 loot
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19 overpower
(to defeat or make helpless or captive by a greater strength: The police overpowered the thieves.) yfirbuga -
20 pay-roll
1) (a list of all the workers in a factory etc: We have 450 people on the pay-roll.) launaskrá2) (the total amount of money to be paid to all the workers: The thieves stole the pay-roll.) heildarupphæð launa tiltekins fyrirtækis
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