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thieve
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verb,
thieved,
thiev·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to take by theft; steal.
verb (used without object)
2.
to act as a thief; commit theft; steal.
Origin:
before 950;
Old English
thēofian,
derivative of
theōf
thief
(not recorded in ME)
Related forms
thiev·ing·ly,
adverb
out·thieve,
verb (used with object),
out·thieved,
out·thiev·ing.
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thieve
(θiːv)
—
vb
to steal (someone's possessions)
[Old English
thēofian,
from
thēof
thief
]
'thievery
—
n
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thieving
(ˈθiːvɪŋ)
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given to stealing other people's possessions
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Word Origin & History
thieve
O.E. þeofian, from þeof (see
thief
). Rare in O.E., not common until 17c. Thievish "of or pertaining to thieves" is recorded from mid-15c.; meaning "inclined to steal" is from 1530s. Thieving first attested 1520s. Thievery is from 1560s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
None of the waiters has access to keys, and all are watched closely by hotel
security for signs of
thieving
.
No people's severance pay will be confiscated but that of
thieving
lib-lab
politicians and their network and you know that.
If we're talking some dictator who is
thieving
from his people, the problem has
nothing to do with taxation.
Those
thieving
from private or public gardens were severely punished, as were
those who slaughtered livestock indiscriminately.
Thoughts of
thieving
are replaced by plans for revenge.
There he heard that
thieving
natives had stolen mission horses.
No fair-minded legal system would hold you responsible for such a debt, and would instead cart your
thieving
neighbor off to jail.
Better to move them all and leave their
thieving
, killing members to themselves and their pirate ships.
It's petty, mean-spirited, paperclip-
thieving
greed.
She is the former head of two regimes that were both dissolved amid allegations of huge
thieving
.
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