[syn: thieving(a), thievish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thieve \Thieve\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Thieved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Thieving.] [AS. ge[thorn]e['o]fian.]
To practice theft; to steal.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thieving
adj 1: given to thievery [syn: thieving(a), thievish]
n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn:
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "thieving":
brigandish, burglarious, fraudulent, kleptomaniac, larcenous,
larceny, light-fingered, pinch, piratelike, piratic, purloining,
steal, stealage, stealing, sticky-fingered, thievery, thievish,
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