ganef
noun
ga·nef ˈgä-nəf 
variants or gonif or less commonly goniff
slang
: thief, rascal
Word History
Etymology
borrowed, directly or via a Central European underworld argot such as Rotwelsch, from Yiddish ganef "thief," going back to Hebrew gannābh
First Known Use
circa 1839, in the meaning defined above