thief in the night

A person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Muhtar	-	Turkish
Bobbie	BAH-bee	English
Malvina	[mæl'vi:nə]
Sudhir	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Hanne (1)	HAN-ne (Danish), HAHN-ne (Norwegian), HAH-nə (German), HAHN-nə (Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch
TimothÉ	tee-mo-TE	French