Thieve
[θiːv]
Definition
(v. t. & i.) To practice theft; to steal.
Typed by Jaime
Definition
v.i. to practise theft: to steal.—n. Thiev′ery the practice of thieving.—adj. Thiev′ish given to or like theft or stealing: acting by stealth: secret: sly.—adv. Thiev′ishly.—n. Thiev′ishness.
Edited by Bradley
Examples
- I tell you again, I shrank from the horror of hearing you lie, after the horror of seeing you thieve. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have already told your ladyship that I don't suspect any person in the house of thieving--up to the present time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If the national crown-piece is an old hat, then the thieving gent may have it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But this was not a common case of thieving. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I first become aware of myself down in Essex, a thieving turnips for my living. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I thieved for you when I was a child not half as old as this! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It had fought gamely with floods and droughts, with cholera and panics, with desperadoes and with land thieves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Besides, I have late experience, that errant thieves are not the worst men in the world to have to deal with. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What they done, is laid up wheer neither moth or rust doth corrupt, and wheer thieves do not break through nor steal. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Neither shall they be told of such things as thieves or murderers; much less shall they hear anything about falsehood and deceit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Really, if anybody was to come--thieves or anything--I believe I should enjoy it, such is my spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The thieves--the house they took me to! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The English author is for hanging _all_ thieves. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Typist: Owen